THIS photograph gives a bird's eye view of the mini 'tent city' that sprang up at the Camp Bestival Festival over the weekend.

It was snapped by Purbeck resident Paul Doyle as his wife Janice flew over the site on Saturday in their DHC 1 Chipmunk aeroplane.

Lulworth Castle's grounds were transformed into an ocean of cars, canvas and revellers, who had packed out the popular four-day summer event to watch headline performances from Underworld, Professor Green and the Kaiser Chiefs.

Thousands of families pitched their tents for the weekend of music and "wild" activities at the festival which aimed to put adventure back into the summer holidays.

However, local roads took up the strain on Sunday evening and yesterday morning, as the tents came down and people headed for home.

As well as a line-up of major acts the festival site was packed full of activities from llama olympics to mammal watching in the woods.

Even the youngsters had their own headliners including Mr Tumble, Dick and Dom and The Cat in the Hat.

Event organiser Rob da Bank said: "I don't know where to start with our typically all-encompassing, diverse and pretty wild line-up.

"As Camp veterans know, music is only one part of the adventure and our incredible creative crew really pulled it out of the bag with some really wild arts and kids shenanigans from The Train Trip to West End Kids and all the amazing workshops and wild activities to boot."

Camp Bestival was launched in 2008 by the former Radio 1 DJ as a sister event to his original event Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

A large section of the festival site is devoted to children, ranging from the BigTopMania where they can learn circus skills to the woodland arena where they can take part in nature-inspired activities such as learn how to identify trees and have a close encounter with owls and falcons.

The weekend also had a fancy-dress theme of Go Wild, encouraging everyone to use their imagination to dress up as anything from walking shrubs to creepy crawlies.

New this year was ferret racing and there were also horseback displays by the Wild Warriors of the Cossack.