Glastonbury

Megan is back from Canada now and to kick things off we headed out for a nice hike up Glastonbury Tor (Tor is a Celtic word used to describe a hill)on Monday (bank holiday in England). Glastonbury is famous for a few reasons. The biggest is probably the Glastonbury Festival which is the longest running music festival in the world. This could be the reason that there are always hippies hanging around the town. Unfortunately this year they did not hold the festival. Next year is looking promising though and Megan and I are planning on attending. 3 days in a tent on a muddy field sounds like so much fun. Anyways Glastonbury is also famous for the Chalice Well and Gardens which is "supposedly the hiding place of the Holy Grail" and Glastonbury Abbey which are now ruins but is said to have been founded by the great uncle of Jesus called Joseph of Arimathea. Glastonbury claims to be the birthplace of English Christianity and also the resting place of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. But then again there are at least 10 places in England that claim this. The main reason we went Glastonbury though was to hike up the Tor which is "supposed" to be the home of the King of the Underworld. Well we didn't see any signs of this but we did get some great views from the top. At the top of the Tor there is the remains of the medieval church of St. Michael. Inside it was more like a wind tunnel than a tower.






After the hike up the Tor we walked around the town a bit checking out the abbey and going into some of the strange stores around the town. Most of them sell swords, crystal balls, and aromatherapy oils. Quite a strange place but it is definitely unique. Hopefully we will return next June for the festival.

Oh, in one of the windows of a stange bookshop Megan found a great flyer for International Talk Like A Pirate Day. We couldn't resist a picture and of course a browse around the website.