Glastonburied in mud

Wellington boots are seen in the mud during the Glastonbury music festival

Britain's massive Glastonbury music festival has been declared a great success despite the quagmire conditions.

Heavy downpours have turned the Worthy Farm site into an ankle-deep sticky sludge-fest.

Dairy farmer-cum-festival supremo Michael Eavis spent £750,000($1.96 million) installing flood defences to prevent a repeat of 2005, when 300 tents were simply washed away.

"It's been a fantastic weekend," said the bearded 71-year-old. "It's gone very, very well, in spite of the rain and mud. The drains have actually worked. If they hadn't done I don't know where we'd be."