Music, madness and mud: Glastonbury kicks off

MORE THAN 100,000 festival goers were recovering from a drenching at Glastonbury yesterday after two inches of rain fell in three hours early in the day.

Torrents of water poured through the 1,000-acre site during the massive thunderstorms and the start of performances on the main stages were delayed as technicians carried out a major clean up operation to ensure the power supplies were safe.

Festival goers reacted with equanimity to the floods: "We just got very wet but we are still at Glastonbury so it is still good to be here," said 24-year-old Kevin Evans from Balham, London.