By Dean Murray
Amazing aerial views show Glastonbury festival taking shape.
The Somerset event involves the construction of dozens of stages, the centrepiece of which is the iconic Pyramid stage.
High-flying paraglider Tom McMeakin was able to get a sneak-peak at progress at the site when he made a fly-by late last week.
The sky-high perspective of the lush green 900 acres at Worthy Farm in Pilton saw the Pyramid stage, which had its roof put on this month, another stage nearing completion, and the iconic ribbon tower yet to have its bright decoration applied.
Tom, Chief Flight Instructor at the newly-opened Sky Riders Paragliding & Paramotor School, says: “I was flying at around 1000 ft and you could clearly see activity across the whole of the Glastonbury site.
“Some of the permanent features were looking bare and slowly getting their coverages / facades to bring the Glastonbury magic.”
Sky Riders has a workshop and classroom on the Bath & West Showground, but operates across the whole of the south west, including the stunning Jurassic coast.
Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world.
Over 200,000 attendees are able to enjoy more than 3,000 acts over 62 stages, with headliners this year billed as Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA.
