Saturday was very hot and humid all day. Also, because the ground was still quite muddy in places wellies were required, so increasing the heat further. But, this didn't stop us from buzzing round the large site trying to take in as much as we could. Before anything though came tea:

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Just what you need after crawling out of a steamy hot tent! And I don't mean "hot and steamy" in a good way - take a small tent with 2 people in it and blast the early morning sun onto it. After an hour or so of that you can't take any more, and it's probably only 8AM and you didn't go to bed until 5AM. Yes folks, lack of sleep is something to get used to if you go to this sort of festival! Official music finishes at midnight, but the official "quiet time" is 6AM until 11AM.

This was the scene in one of the more subdued dance tents at about mid-day. Not much going on yet, but I like the contrast between inside and outside:

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I mentioned yesterday some of the strange, random things you see and this is one of them:

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This was in the Jazz World field. The 2 blokes just appeared, boss with clipboard and worker and gradually erected the fence you can see before the worker stopped for a tea break. Last time I went, there was a bloke moving through the crowd throwing rubbish into a bin bag that had no bottom. He had "Shiteaway" written on the back of his jacket.

Later in the day the sun briefly slipped behind a cloud to reveal this serene scene:

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... and then came out again to reveal this busy scene:

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We saw lots of music today, including a lovely mellow techno set in the late afternoon and a folk ensemble who played the music from the film The Wicker Man. Consecutively in the Park field, we had the "Easy Star All Stars" playing the whole of Radiohead's OK Computer album in a reggae style, followed by a set from the great reggae singer Horace Andy, which included 2 Massive Attack songs. (which he sang on the records of).

Somewhere in the middle of the day, we saw an old hero of mine in the Cabaret tent - John Otway. He is still just as mad and brilliant as he always has been, and is still playing the same set and doing a brilliant job of it. If John Otway ever plays a gig near you, Go See Him and enjoy yourself!

When it was headliner time, it was a choice between Jarvis Cocker, Bruce Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand and Stereo MCs. Going to see Jarvis was an easy decision, far easier than Sunday's decision (which I will relate tomorrow). Jarvis was great and so was his band. The songs are all strong and he didn't play a single Pulp song. Very good performance, and he really knows how to get a crowd going.

One last picture. I took this one in the Stone Circle field just before the sun came up:

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I like this one as it conveys the look and feel of the place at that time quite well. Lots of tired but happy people sitting and standing around just chilling out and chatting. Most pleasant.

Cheers, Tom.