Glastonbury’s emergency teams sprang into action this morning to cope with torrential overnight rain that has turned most of the festival site into a muddy mire.
The site has been saved from descending into a total quagmire, however, as teams of tractors and volunteers were quick to pump standing water from the pathways and lay down piles of bark and planks to soak up the puddles and provide surer footing for the tens of thousands of festivalgoers still pouring into the site.
In the 24 hours since the gates opened, 97,476 people have arrived on site, with 36 arrests made so far and 27 ambulance call-outs, with 12 people taken off-site for further treatment.
After the massive floods at the festival in 2005, deep enough