What did your mother tell you about shaking hands with strangers? Even ones dressed up as smoke alarms.

Badges are ace. Especially when you get two for 50p and there are lovely smiling RISE girls to hand them out.

We've just stared at Laura Kelly's picture for about five minutes. It's strangely fascinating.

Kelly Garrett and her mate in the O2 Blueroom at Wireless this year. We're slightly perturbed by the fact that one of their eyes is about twice the size of t'other one's nose...

Ritchie Patton gets today's No Prize for a) spotting people dressed up as Beastie Boys and b) persuading them to do complicated gymnastics against a Beastie Boys poster. Class.

Sue Fowler's friends have a terrible nosebleed problem at V. Still, they look marginally more comfortable than your man here. The poor lamb...

Proof that you CAN have grown-up fun at V Festival, here's Kirsty Bates's sister making friends with the balloon man and some randoms, all with glorious air guitar. Bet she loves you for it too.

Gina Bates and her lot found the perfect soulmate at V last year. Doesn't he look like a nice chap?

Beer and emo and smiles. Mmm, quite festastic Will Broadribb.

Alright, so this probably isn't the coolest thing Tim Anderson's ever seen as he's actually in the picture, but Bruce Dickinson probably rates as one of the coolest Things to Be Seen at a festival. Excellent!