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| Glastonbury fans set for more mud | Glastonbury fans set for more mud |
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| Music fans are coping with further showers as the Glastonbury Festival enters its second full day. | Music fans are coping with further showers as the Glastonbury Festival enters its second full day. |
| Parts of the site have been turned into a quagmire by heavy rain, but long dry spells have provided respite. | Parts of the site have been turned into a quagmire by heavy rain, but long dry spells have provided respite. |
| The conditions have not deterred most of the 177,500 festival-goers, who can expect to see a line-up headed by The Killers, The Kooks and Paul Weller. | The conditions have not deterred most of the 177,500 festival-goers, who can expect to see a line-up headed by The Killers, The Kooks and Paul Weller. |
| The weather has been less severe than the last festival two years ago, when flash floods hit the Somerset site. | The weather has been less severe than the last festival two years ago, when flash floods hit the Somerset site. |
| But the area that was submerged in 2005 is again the hardest-hit, with several dozen tents waterlogged after showers. | But the area that was submerged in 2005 is again the hardest-hit, with several dozen tents waterlogged after showers. |
| GLASTONBURY SNAPSHOT 165,000 people on site1,268 seen by medics32 taken to hospital163 offences121 arrests28 tent thefts As at 0900 BST on Saturday Police said crime was on a par with 2005's festival, with 163 offences recorded by Saturday morning. | |
| In addition, a 26-year-old man from the Midlands is in a critical condition in Yeovil District Hospital after being found unconscious in the early hours of Saturday morning after a suspected drugs overdose. | |
| Friday's bill was topped by the Arctic Monkeys, with the Sheffield band headlining the event's main Pyramid Stage. | |
| Their triumphant set came just 18 months after the release of their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, and saw them perform tracks from both that and its follow-up Favourite Worst Nightmare. | Their triumphant set came just 18 months after the release of their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, and saw them perform tracks from both that and its follow-up Favourite Worst Nightmare. |
| "I heard rumours that we didn't have enough songs to headline Glastonbury," frontman Alex Turner joked during the set, which saw them joined by rapper Dizzee Rascal. | "I heard rumours that we didn't have enough songs to headline Glastonbury," frontman Alex Turner joked during the set, which saw them joined by rapper Dizzee Rascal. |
| Amy Winehouse, The Magic Numbers and The Automatic were among the other acts who excited crowds on Friday. | Amy Winehouse, The Magic Numbers and The Automatic were among the other acts who excited crowds on Friday. |
| Swamp | Swamp |
| The busy areas of the site have turned to mud, which is several inches deep at worst. | The busy areas of the site have turned to mud, which is several inches deep at worst. |
| I don't mind being surrounded by all this sludge, as long as it stays all right inside the tent Kerrie O'Leary | I don't mind being surrounded by all this sludge, as long as it stays all right inside the tent Kerrie O'Leary |
| Two years ago, several hundred tents in one area suffered heavy flooding. | Two years ago, several hundred tents in one area suffered heavy flooding. |
| Organisers said the drainage in that campsite had been improved, with large pipes laid to take water away. | Organisers said the drainage in that campsite had been improved, with large pipes laid to take water away. |
| But this year, the same area has become a swamp, with tents surrounded by standing water. | But this year, the same area has become a swamp, with tents surrounded by standing water. |
| Some campers have already moved to different spots, while others are digging channels with tent poles to divert the water and hoping the skies do not open again. | Some campers have already moved to different spots, while others are digging channels with tent poles to divert the water and hoping the skies do not open again. |
| "When we got here on Thursday night, the weather was fine and it was on rock hard ground," said Kerrie O'Leary, 22, from Sheffield. | "When we got here on Thursday night, the weather was fine and it was on rock hard ground," said Kerrie O'Leary, 22, from Sheffield. |
| "I don't mind being surrounded by all this sludge, as long as it stays all right inside the tent." | "I don't mind being surrounded by all this sludge, as long as it stays all right inside the tent." |
| Heavy showers | Heavy showers |
| Another camper, Paul Kelly, 27, from Leicester, said one of his friends had left the festival as a result of the deluge. | Another camper, Paul Kelly, 27, from Leicester, said one of his friends had left the festival as a result of the deluge. |
| Many tents have been left waterlogged after heavy rain | Many tents have been left waterlogged after heavy rain |
| "She just decided she'd had enough," he said. | "She just decided she'd had enough," he said. |
| "I'm thinking about moving, which is going to have to happen at some point. | "I'm thinking about moving, which is going to have to happen at some point. |
| "I think they've improved the drainage at the Pyramid Stage. What they now need to sort out is the camping areas." | "I think they've improved the drainage at the Pyramid Stage. What they now need to sort out is the camping areas." |
| Jenna Duncan, 22, from the West Midlands, had been bailing water out of the tent's entrance and said she would also move if conditions worsened. | Jenna Duncan, 22, from the West Midlands, had been bailing water out of the tent's entrance and said she would also move if conditions worsened. |
| "This sleeping area is wet," she said. | "This sleeping area is wet," she said. |
| "It adds to the excitement I suppose." | "It adds to the excitement I suppose." |
| More showers are due on Saturday, but the sun may break through later in the day. | More showers are due on Saturday, but the sun may break through later in the day. |
| The event, held on Michael Eavis' Worthy Farm, near Pilton, since 1970, draws to a close on Sunday. | The event, held on Michael Eavis' Worthy Farm, near Pilton, since 1970, draws to a close on Sunday. |
| The Who, Kaiser Chiefs and the Manic Street Preachers are among the other big names appearing on the Pyramid Stage during the weekend. | The Who, Kaiser Chiefs and the Manic Street Preachers are among the other big names appearing on the Pyramid Stage during the weekend. |