WHAT a difference a year makes...

Thousands of music lovers descended on Hill Farm, Steventon, yesterday for the start of the weekend’s Truck Festival. And with revellers greeted by blue skies and sunshine, the contrast with last year’s mudbath could not have been greater.

This year, shorts and T-shirts replaced wellies and raincoats, as festival-goers soaked up sets by Circa Waves, Friendly Fires, Goat Girl, De La Soul and Wheatley's Gaz Coombes.

Regular Trucker James Beeson, from Kent, said: "This is my third Truck and it's the best line-up yet. I just hope the weather holds.

The fun continues until Sunday.