Chris Gravett

Very early tomorrow morning I'll be setting of on my annual pilgrimage to Glastonbury Festival. There are a number of differences this year.

This is the first time I am going as a professional photographer. Although that's a bit misleading I have no 'professional' status there as I have failed in my attempts to secure a press pass of any description. That will not deter me - Glastonbury provides a multitude of photographic opportunities. What it does mean is that I will depend more than ever on the excellent lock up services at Glasto for the safe keeping of my photography gear

The second difference is that I will be travelling by bus - heaven forbid! The only way I was able to secure a ticket this year was in the returns sale and the only ones available when I finally got logged on were linked to bus travel - I only get my festival ticket on the bus. On the face of it this is no bad thing other than for me to pack for five days and restrict it to baggage I can carry on foot is a real challenge, add to that my camera gear and it's nigh on impossible. Anyway I've manage to restrict myself although walking from bus to camp site is still going to be a challenge!

Last of all I am going on my Jack Jones, a combination of my usual buddies being unable to attend and some hiccoughs when we were booking have left me on my ownsome. 

Now to today's photo - just one - and it's of Charlie Fink.

I shot this at Glastonbury in 2009. I was one of just a handful of people (less than 10 of us from memory) who watched Noah and the Whale on one of the smaller stages. I'm sure there will be thousands seeing them this year and I doubt I'll be able to get shots like this. I have included this image as it had been on my Flickr site since 2009 and has had a steady stream of viewers however of late and especially in the lead up tp Glastonbury this year the image has been adopted by numerous blogs and Charlie Fink fan sites (thanks for asking permission!!!!). It leads me to think that even two years ago I was doing something right as there are thousand of images of Charlie on the web but this one still appears to be very popular. Be sometime next week before I'm blogging again and I hope to have some fantastic images and stories to go with them.