Reading Festival is back this weekend – and so are the crazy antics expected to occur over the bank holiday.
From tents taking off in the wind and a teenage girl allegedly losing her ‘finger tip‘, it looks like nothing is off bounds for the big knees-up in a field.
Although you might think that some of the scenes are absolutely bonkers for the duration of the festival, it’s the aftermath where it can get really messy – quite literally.
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The Reading Festival clean-up often provides some eye-widening reactions – and that was certainly the case for the 2021 edition.
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Ball gags, used condoms and even false teeth were a handful of some of the most unsavoury items that litter pickers had the pleasure of retrieving.
While thousands of revellers made their way back home after the big weekend, the big clean-up ensued – and apparently without any cleaners.
A Berkshire Live reporter, who was joined the clean up effort, explained that security staff were ‘forced’ to clean the piles of drug baggies and paper cups.
“To add insult to injury, the litter-picking staff were nowhere to be found, forcing security services to grab a bin bag and get to work, despite the role being a far cry from their job description,” she said.
The reporter said she spent an hour picking up after others were she found 20 pairs of glasses and 10 vapes, as well as a used condom.
But, speaking to staff, the reporter was soon to realise the true horror the litter pickers were having to face.
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Some of the retrieved items included a ball gag, half of a pair of false teeth, soiled underwear and trousers, used tampons, used and unused condoms, piles of nitrous oxide canisters, a matching knickers and a bra set, bags of cocaine, a Covid vaccine passport, an actual passport and 50 iPhones….
And, staff found an inflatable penis with a hole in it.
“Things are only set to get worse after people leave the site and staff prepare to clear the campsites,” the reporter said.
This year punters in their thousands will be descending on the Berkshire fields to see the likes of Lana Del Ray, Liam Gallagher and Blink 182.
But, they may be in for a rather windy ride as Storm Lillian threatens to spoil the fun.