The 30 worst mud moments through the years, in pictures

Every year, a lucky 175,000 people spend several hundred pounds going to The Greatest Festival in the World, while millions enviously tune in to watch the BBC coverage from the comfort of their warm, dry sofas. 

But while those Glastonbury attendees are busy watching incredible scenes of live music, befriending strangers and finding themselves, the rest of us can revel in the fact we're not steeped in mud and sleeping in a field for five nights. 

Here, Alice Vincent takes us through some of the best/worst mud scenes from Glastonbury through the years.

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