Glastonbury clear-up starts with 800 litter-pickers

The clean-up operation at Glastonbury is beginning as more than 120,000 festival-goers leave the site.

Many of those travelling home were caught up in delays as the country roads around the Somerset site became clogged up with traffic, although organisers said they were not as bad as expected.

After five days of mixed weather which saw torrential rain, hail, thunder and lightning, campers packed up their tents in the sun.

Highlights included Dolly Parton, Metallica and Arcade Fire, while Kasabian ended the festival on Sunday night as they headlined the Pyramid Stage.

Organiser Michael Eavis claims to have booked all three headliners for next year.

Bets are already being offered on next year's event, with one bookmaker putting Depeche Mode as the 3/1 favourites to headline on the Saturday with odds of 5/1 that Prince will play with the same on Fleetwood Mac, Oasis and the Eagles.

AC/DC are also rumoured to be playing.

Campers have until 18:00 BST on Monday to leave the site at Worthy Farm, Somerset, while crew and stall holders are given a week to clear their property.

Organisers said the priority was to get ticket-holders off site before the clean-up can begin properly on Tuesday.

A litter picking crew of up to 800 will begin to clear the site of rubbish, while volunteers began sifting through recycling on Sunday.

Tractors carrying magnetic strips will travel across the 1,200-acre site to pick up tent pegs while other workers carry out a fingertip search.

Converting the land back into a functioning dairy could take up to six weeks.

Michael Eavis put on the first festival at his farm in 1970.

Asked about the future of the festival, the 78-year-old said: "We've got a few more years.

"Myself, I think I can run another six years, which would take me up to about 50 years, and then see what happens after that."

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