People are leaving Download festival early over ‘Biblical’ mud

Commiserations to all who spent £200 on a ticket to Download, only to find themselves slithering through a giant mud pit.

That probably wasn’t what they had in mind when they thought about booking a festival in the middle of June.

If anyone didn’t bring their wellies, we fear for them.

The rock festival is looking like a bath of mud right now, and it’s so bad people are packing up their tents and leaving early.

One of those who cut their losses was Samantha Gibben, who said: ‘We had a perfectly watertight tent. Nothing was leaking. But left because of the mud. It’s that bad less than a day in.

‘I’ll never survive. My hips were dislocating from slipping on the mud as we walked in even with wellies. I can’t handle it.’

Here’s how the festival looked today…

Come to #DownloadFestival they said. Do glamping they said. pic.twitter.com/qpZvU9mniT

— Jamie Bell (@thepapabell) June 13, 2019

One music fan said she spent £600 on the trip but had to head back home.

She said: ‘We travelled home last night, got in at 4am… gutted is an understatement for how I feel about leaving.

‘We couldn’t have afforded a hotel, we couldn’t afford to drive home and then back up today.

‘We wanted to save ourselves, our clothes, our belongings before they got drenched and ruined.

‘We only had a single skin tent (our fault completely) which honestly didn’t help but I’ve seen that even double skin tents have been having issues.’

So glad I’m not at Download this weekend, it looks vile with all the mud & rain ???? Gutted not seeing State Champs though! #drownload

— Christina Harper (@spideycatx) June 13, 2019

I’m gutted I’m not at download festival this weekend but after seeing images of the mud and people leaving before it’s even started has eased the jealousy a bit lol

— ???????????????????????? (@n0sanctuary) June 13, 2019

If I was at download this year I’d be sleeping in a car. I don’t mind a little mud but what I’m seeing is beyond mud! Enjoy it guys! Best you can ????????

— TomBSC87 (@linkinparktom) June 13, 2019

Best definition of Download #mud #rain #festival #download #copón #bloodyhell #acho #fuck #donnington #derby pic.twitter.com/uUHwOZmFAv

— Mary Moreno Photo (@maryphoto4) June 13, 2019

Taken today in the doghouse. More mud and rain #downloadfest #downloadfestival #DownloadFestival2019 #download pic.twitter.com/zcGxmfmaqd

— James. (@Jimnik88) June 13, 2019

yeah i may be caked in mud, but i'm having a cracking time at download

— Joanne (@JoanneHayleyy) June 13, 2019

The festival, where people are staying at Donington Park campsite in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, is getting more attention for its mud than its music.

Not everyone was put off by the mud, though.

‘Yeah I may be caked in mud, but i’m having a cracking time,’ Joanne Hayley wrote on Twitter.

Download Festival themselves tweeted: ‘Amazing that all of you got in and set up despite the Biblical rain we had!

‘No one is tougher than you guys.’

Despite the weather, you guys still ROCK! ???????? If you're still to arrive at #DL2019 please take note of info below! ???? pic.twitter.com/IdRz0duVCM

— Download Festival (@DownloadFest) June 13, 2019