Thousands of people descended on Worthy Farm today (June 21) for the 51st Glastonbury Festival. Among the crowds was a healthy mix of ages, from grannies to babies.
But Bristol Live spotted possibly the youngest festival-goer at this year's event - a three-month-old baby. Mum and dad Phil and Hayley and baby Isaac were in the queue early today (June 21) waiting for the gates to the iconic event to open.
But little Isaac seemed unperturbed by the excitement of it all - napping in a baby carrier as people queued to get onto the Glastonbury Festival site at Worthy Farm. The couple from London have been regulars at the festival since 2009.
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Hayley, 39, said: "We come every year so we know what we're doing. We got tickets for this year when I was pregnant and I know we will need to adapt, but we didn't want life to be on hold after having a baby."
The couple have done two test runs already camping in their tent, the first when Isaac was just eight weeks old. They hope to still be able to enjoy the music and have some tiny ear defenders for Isaac when it's noisy.
Hayley added: “We’ll try to do as much as we can but might 'tag team' if needed.” Emily Eavis was on site early today to open the gates for excited festivalgoers at just before 8am, with a special countdown.
This year's festival was opened by Emily instead of her dad, Michael. The move comes days after he was pictured in a wheelchair.
But whilst 87-year-old Michael, who founded the first Glastonbury back in 1970, didn't open the gates, he was sat in a red Land Rover nearby as his daughter did the honours. When asked about her father by reporters, Emily said: "He’s over there – he's still very much here.
"He’s going to be waving everybody in. He’s doing really well. He had a late night last night."
Emily revealed her legend of a dad had been at the National Portrait Gallery in London, unveiling a painting. "He’s been out, we've all been here, heads down… he’s been off to London to a gallery opening."
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