Glastonbury: a user’s guide

By Hazel Sheffield

The cattle of Worthy Farm have been herded to safety for the return of the grandfather of music festivals after a fallow year. And you needn’t be a first-timer like Jagger or Richards to have trouble finding your way around a hundred stages scattered across the Somerset countryside. So here are some tips.

DO be early. The traffic and photo-ID tickets make getting in the worst bit. And the early bird gets to camp on higher, drier land.

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