EVEN a thunderstorm couldn’t touch this festival.

Lightning crashed all around Blissfields this weekend, but the Winchester bash stayed dry as 5,000 campers enjoyed music, art and family fun.

The famously sunny event was blessed with near-30 degree weather for a bill topped by Simian Mobile Disco and The Horrors.

This year’s time travel theme was embraced by all ages, from gladiators in Roman costume to teenagers celebrating the end of their GCSEs.

Many didn’t notice the storm in the early hours of Saturday which threatened to ruin the festival, nestled in woodland between Winchester and Basingstoke.

Youngsters with painted faces lapped up veteran DJ Grandmaster Flash and the chaotic Ibibio Sound Machine, pictured right, before making way for older punters, who swayed to John Grant’s witty ballads.