The biggest rail strike in a generation in Britain will see only around half of the network open and for just an 11-hour period on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday this week.
Some are celebrating being to work from home for the week - and a tacit admission by some that they will be spending more time sunbathing than getting on with their jobs in the coming days.
A judge at the court today warned jurors that they will not be sitting next Tuesday as several days of walkouts begin along with a refusal to take on new cases.
Scores of festival goers were today seen carrying their rucksacks and camping gear as they arrived to Castle Cary station in Somerset, near to the Glastonbury site.
The RMT Union strike is set to go ahead next week after talks over their demands for inflation-tied pay rises for workers and no compulsory redundancies failed.