08:39:20 Having been to Reading a few times before, I was quite prepared for the portaloos. However, these funny green metal toilets were a whole new experience.
08:50:48 Me in our new tent, purchased for a bargain 24 pounds.
08:52:50 Chie drinking some water.
09:26:39 Breakfast unusually consisted of leek and potato soup.
10:37:26 We decided to just have a general wander around the site first of all. I think this is in the green fields bit, over the other side from where we were camped.
10:39:04 What better way to spend a Friday morning than construct a kind of wicker rhinoceros?
10:42:50 In fact lots of weird and wonderful constructions abounded.
11:16:35 The Glastonbury organisers clearing wanting to cater for all tastes - here we are in the tipi only field. (Although in fairness I spotted at least one Yurt).
11:21:00 Yes, it's an exhaust pipe tree.
11:30:09 In the far, far corner of the site, near the lost stage, I thought I'd have breakfast number 2.
12:09:46 It started to rain, predictably, so we ducked into the circus tent, where there was a bizarre act going on involving a fluffy shorts clad young lady molesting a number of male audience members.
12:09:55 Still, it was fairly entertaining in its own unique way.
12:17:26 Not too easy to see here, but this is one of those acts with big silk ropes. Very good.
12:47:08 Worried that too many novelty acts would turn us insane (on our first day), we thought we'd step out and brave the rain.
12:47:29 I think I was trying to give a general impression of "it's raining" here.
12:51:12 Amazingly, there was a Hiroshima okonomiyaki stand at the festival.
15:03:11 The back of some people's heads, in the crowd watching De La Soul. I think it had stopped raining by this point.
16:13:31 After De La Soul, wellington boot wearing Simon forced us all to drink cider. -shudder-
18:31:42 It suddenly occurred to me that Gav might be at the festival too. A quick phonecall later, and, lo and behold, I was right!
18:32:02 Gav and Chie.
19:00:39 The backs of some people's heads.
19:13:51 Here we are watching Electric Six.
19:14:02 I'm quite pleased with this shot of the stage here.
19:15:25 I was trying to get a picture of the peace flag, that had been modified in an amusing fashion (the word off added). Can't really see it though.
19:58:43 Back to our tent for a spot of dinner.
20:04:59 We thought we'd go for a barbeque. Those are sweet potatoes wrapped in foil. Very tasty.
20:16:16 It was a bit windy, on consequently the "Club Nailsea" gazebo we were camped near to had been blown over.
20:16:26 Just some tents really.
20:23:32 Me eating a (vegetarian) burger.
20:23:38 Mmmmm lovely barbeque food.
20:23:55 I might have been trying to get a picture of the wartime Japanese flag over there.
20:24:07 Mainly burgers then.
20:26:23 Barbeque and our tent.
20:31:40 I think I've been told this is a really dangerous way to cook baked beans, because the metal releases toxins or something. It tastes bloody nice though.
21:08:13 Chie enjoying barbequed sweet potatoes.
22:49:48 Later on that evening, we sat a way back from the pyramid stage with a few beers to quietly watch REM.
22:55:03 There you are, you can actually see our Michael on the screen over there.
22:55:21 Ermm, not so obvious here.
23:33:10 ...or here...
23:34:07 ...or here indeed.
23:38:50 You can just about make out the shape of the pyramid stage here.