Glastonbury festival 2011: Don't mention the mud – in pictures

Stuck in the mud ... people pass a pile of discarded wellies at Glastonbury festival Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Punk redux ... a festival-goer sits among the tents wearing a plastic bin liner Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

If you're not into frolicking in the mud, there are other ways to get messy: eat ice cream Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Deep trouble ... a festival-goer carefully walks through a puddle at Glastonbury festival. At least it's not over welly height ... yet Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

Having problems with your cagoule? ... Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

... just wear a banana Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Tom Wilder, 17, warms up for the 2011 Somerset Mud Sliding Championships Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Freya, aged 18 months, gets a lift from her Dad Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Mud vibrations ... a field at Dance Village, Glastonbury festival, after the rain Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Bales of straw are being put down to help absorb the mud at Glastonbury festival Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

While rain over the past few days has meant a muddy start to Glastonbury 2011, festival-goers are starting to see blue skies Photograph: David Levene for The Guardian

Peaked too early? There's still a patch of grass to be seen Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A woman uses a walking frame in the mud Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Adam Pook, aged 10, from Weston-super-Mare at the Stone Circle at Glastonbury festival Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Hands in the air as the sun sets over Glastonbury festival on Thursday Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The night-time view from the Stone Circle, Glastonbury festival Photograph: Alicia Canter for the Guardian

The sun sets over Glastonbury 2011 on Thursday 23 June Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The sun sets on revellers as they relax on hammocks near the Park area of Glastonbury festival Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA