What a night in Glasto's 'Naughty Corner' looks like

After 10 years of experimenting, I've found there are just two ways to master Glastonbury's after-dark experience.

The first involves picking one night to really go all in. Your step count will be absolutely astronomical, but with the correct intake of carbohydrates and tinned cocktails, that 18-hour day will pay off.

Or you can take the second approach, which involves going fully nocturnal for the long weekend, but has to involve a few mates who are also willing to emerge from their tents at dinner time each day.

For the sake of my colleagues’ workloads this weekend, I picked the first option and dedicated my Friday night to the famous Glasto "naughty corner".

You could describe the experience as like being at a theme park. In fact, part of the South East corner is even designed like a fun fair, which just so happens to have techno blasting from every corner.

Part of the joy of late night Glasto is that it attracts everyone. As I take a walk round Block 9, I see a woman covered in top to toe glitter enjoying some house music next to a man in a Liverpool shirt.

At points through the night, as extreme tiredness truly starts to set in, everything starts to feel like a dream.

We marvel at the never-ending queue for Glasto's LGBT hotspot NYC Downlow, where it turns out the singer Lorde was enjoying a night out.

There's a similarly long wait to get into Temple - the home of drum and bass at the festival.

Nights here end at 6am and, with so much to see, its often hard to call off your search for the perfect set.

As we go our separate ways back to camp, feet aching and heads pounding, people are still streaming into the fields.

With a fallow year on the horizon, I realise it may be my last trip to the naughty corner for a while and make a detour to the Greenpeace stage on the way home, where a disco night is taking place.

Because if you can't allow yourself one last solo dance to some Sister Sledge, then what is the point?