Glastonbury festival 2011 gets ready – in pictures

The Unfairground – brainchild of Joe Rush, the man behind Glastonbury's infamous 'carhenge' Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

A view over the site as the Pyramid stage is set up Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

A worker arranges an installation Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

A new map (in colour), pictured alongside the old one, has been painted to go at the top of the viewing tower in the Park field Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Handymen concocting something unusual in the Park Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

The Silent Disco's unpromising beginnings Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Supplies – including the most vital of all, tea Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

That'll be nice and terrifying in the dark Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

As will he Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Sources say this is how Michael Eavis gets around the festival Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Nobody light a match! Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

That familiar, Hollywood-style Glastonbury sign Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian