The big Glastonbury 2005 photo/movie post

Photos

First set of photos - Thursday and Friday
Includes Green Fields, the stone circle, our campsite before and after flooding, lots of mud, Elvis Costello, the White Stripes, and some shots of the festival site from the hill housing our campsite.
Second set of photos - Saturday and Sunday
Includes the clay microcosm festival, more mud, Keane, Coldplay, the aftermath of a lemon bender, a welly hoedown, the drawing of ducks on people, orphaned wellies, Shirley Manson making love to a blow-up doll kidnapped from the crowd, mechanical sculptures, and Tori Amos.

The mud was a real shame, but on balance, it was fun. We didn't manage to see many non-main-stage acts this time, mostly because the mud made us apathetic in this respect. Something to make good in 2007 (the festival is taking a break next year). Friday morning nearly broke our spirits when the torrential rain and electrical storms forced good old Radio Avalon to advise people to stay in their tents. Tents were being washed away and submerged. However, Sunday was bright and sunny from start to finish, and ended the festival on a high note, drying the mud out. Fabulous, especially with a Brian Wilson/Beach Boys soundtrack. :-)

Movies

These are all fairly short movies (generally under 30 seconds). The sound quality is not brilliant, sadly, but they do convey something that the still photos don't. The largest is 13MB - if you want more details on size before downloading, go straight to this link.

Mud Dancers dancing to the Levellers
Mud Dancers 2
New Order
New Order - True Faith
New Order - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Coldplay - Yellow
Coldplay - Yellow 2
Jools Holland
LNR and doop dancing to Van Morrison
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson - I Get Around
Brian Wilson - Surfin' USA
Tori Amos - Feelin' Groovy
Lake outside our van on Friday morning. This was shot to show the mysterious bubbles coming out of the ground, but they don't show in the video, sadly.

Bonus Glasto Photo

Bonus photo: This blurry stitched panorama of the festival site at night, from the hill at the top of which our campsite was situated