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Glastonbury travel: BBC reporter's journey to festival

BBC reporter Steffan Powell made his way to Glastonbury Festival on Thursday.

Just five trains are running today from London's Paddington station to Castle Cary in Somerset, the nearest railway station to Glastonbury Festival which opened on Wednesday.

Watch his journey.

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23 June 2022

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