A muddy Isle of Wight festival – in pictures

Friday, 22 Jun 2012

The Isle of Wight festival gets off to a muddy start with hundreds of festivalgoers unable to get on to the site

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Isle of White: Blaise Franklin and Nathan Mursall wallow in the mud by their tents — Blaise Franklin and Nathan Mursall wallow in the mud by their tents Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Isle of White: Festival goers have come prepared with wellies — Festival goers have come prepared with wellies Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Isle of White: Tents are pitched dangerously close to some deep mud — Tents are pitched dangerously close to the mud Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Isle of White: The campsite covered in mud — The campsite covered in mud Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Isle of White: The festival site covered in mud — The muddy festival site Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

ISle of Woght: A festival goer braves the mud — A lion-hearted festival goer braves the mud Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

ISle of Woght: A festival goer has his van towed — A festival goer has his car towed out of the mud Photograph: Jim Ross/AP

ISle of Woght: A general view of the festival site covered in mud — A general view of the festival site covered in mud Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

ISle of Woght: Festival-goers attempt to push a car out of the mud — Festival goers attempt to push a car through the mud Photograph: Samir Hussein/Getty Images

ISle of Woght: Festival-goers splash in the mud — Revellers get into the party spirit, splashing in the mud Photograph: Mark Holloway/Getty Images

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