They say mud is good for you

If so, there are at least 200,000 of us with a super smooth skin coming back from the mud bath that the Glastonbury Festival was this year! We were well prepared for it though, and really enjoyed the festival despite the weather.

We arrived there on Thursday just before lunch. It was not raining at that point. We even had blue skies for a bit and although the ground was wet from almost two weeks of non-stop showers, it was clear grass and not flooded. We pitched the tent and went for a walk around. It rained a bit later on but not too badly. But then it rained all weekend. It stopped raining only on Friday night and Saturday night for a few hours, which made it nicer to stand in the crowded field in front of the various stages.

Try to image what can happen when it rains, a lot, and you have nearly 200,000 people walking in a restricted space... To give you an idea, clic on the following links: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tims/622824055/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tims/621896673/in/set-72157600482303155/

Our own photos are not very dramatic as we tried to keep the camera safe and dry!

Here is a view from the stone circle (Kings' Meadow):

One of the Tippi Fields:

These ones are overviews, giving you some idea about the size of the site: