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‘No live music and a curfew’: Glastonbury opens Worthy Farm for tranquil camping

The announcement that a farmer in the English West Country is opening up his fields as a campsite for a few weeks in the summer does not usually cause a stir.

But when booking lines open for one site on Saturday, pitches at Worthy Pastures are expected to be snapped up.

The big clue for the excitement is in the name. Worthy Farm, the home of the Glastonbury music festival, has cancelled this year’s iteration of the earth-shaking event because of Covid-19 but is inviting people to” site.

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