Missed the boat for Reading Festival Tickets

Festival goers arriving at the main entrance to the
Reading Festival carrying luggage, Reading, UK 2/2
Well, what a contrast. I've been away for a bank holiday weekend in Herefordshire, uploaded some stock from the Reading Festival and I'm only a week and a half away from Japan. Last week saw a welcome break from bad weather on Thursday night, when the festival goers were arriving for the festival so I drove down to the site to get a few shots. My shots have only just cleared QC so, what with the bank holiday, I've missed the opporuntity to sell on the back of the Reading Festival tickets fiasco but here are a few in any case.

Whilst I was wandering up and down outside the site, a bloke came legging it past me with a security guard in hot pursuit. I quietly strolled after them and found myself taking photos of the bloke being apprehended. Of course, these probably won't sell as no-one would risk suggesting that he was guilty of anything, and in any case, I can't confirm it. I did overhear that he was being accused of snatching a bag of wristbands (being shown to him in the second shot) but his response was "you can't prove anything" or words to that effect. I can safely use this to illustrate that festivals are hot-beds of crime and the security team and the local police always have a busy old weekend, this year the organiser's sent out this Music festival wristband warning

Alledged thief being accosted and searched by security guards at Reading Festival after running from the main entrance

The rest of the photos show some of the local traders making the most of the passing trade and a few people looking for tickets, just your average fair outside a major festival

Temporary off-license set up on Richfield Avenue during the Reading Festival, Reading, UK showing crates of beer being sold

Two teenagers hold placards asking for tickets to buy for the Reading Festival on Richfield Avenue, Reading, UK