Friday. Grass, not much rain, no mud.

Robot statues on the way in. Made of the plastic panels from teenagers' squished scooters

Friday was OK weatherwise. Saw Gabriella Cilmi, who doesn't sound anything like 16 years old. Amy Winehouse, without the drama.

Saturday morning it rained enough to keep us in the tent pretty much all day.

by Sunday we had this

Bands

Hobo Jones and the Junkyard Dogs

These guys are good value. They appeared a couple of years back as punters, then just kept playing in front of people until they were stuck in a tent to keep them out of the way. Didn't get a big stage listing this year, until John Cooper Clarke was a no-show and then they stepped in. Should be as much of a fixture at this festie as the Levs.

Alabama 3 on Saturday night

Stopped raining for the Alabamas. Thankfully.

Pirates

Very tall pirates. They steal your mushrooms.

More pirates. In a ship!

Dinosaurs

An easy spotting guide to dinosaurs.

Triceratops

Triceratops. The pointy one.

Stegasaur beetle

Stegasaurus. Too serrated to sit on. The one that evolved into parking wardens.

Gimp Pterodactyl

The Fetisherodactyl. Splendid costume (it was those pirates again) with rubbery working wing action and a Giger-ish inflatable ribcage. Lousy weather for photographs though.