Glastonbury

Today is the day of summer solstice but also the day when over 200,000 people arrive at Glastonbury for the famous annual event. We decided to go via Wells not Shepton Mallet and thus avoided all the queues as our journey would have been half an hour longer. We arrived at Chalice Well at 20 past 11 in the morning and were greeted with a fairly cloudy sky. The number of people at the summer...

Off to Glastonbury to accompany Francoise who is going to see a very special lady therapist called Virginie. She is also french. The reason for the attendance was to have some cranial sacral work on a twisted pelvis which has troubled Francoise for many years now. The therapist was very widely trains with many courses to her credit and did an examination of the energy centers as part of a very...

As we left home for the spring equinox celebrations in Glastonbury, the  rain started. First, in spots and then more continuously. However the overall forecast seemed promising enough if you did not expect sunshine as was the case yesterday Sunday. We arrived about 11am for the midday celebration. It is always pleasant to arrive early before the crowds come. Fairly soon I was tempted to buy a...

So today is the winter solstice whereby tradition we go to chalice well in Wells. This time there were many people there, about 200 I would say, and at midday we all gathered round the well itself which had been dressed first thing in the morning with the most beautiful flowers and with the greatest amount of love. I wish all the world was like chalice gardens. You can speak to anyone else...

The celebrations started at sunrise or what would have been sunrise had we been able to see it. Dancing round the maypole and the like started 7.30 am. Celebrations were held all over the town. We arrived about 9.30 am. We were joined by a visiting friend from Peterborough.  Sometimes you meet people and there is an obvious 'click'. You have not met them before but they are familiar to you. No...

The recipe for an enjoyable day out is lovely sunny weather, the right surroundings - in this case the historical ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, an interesting theme and a bunch of intelligent aware people as punters. The atmosphere was free and joyful with barely a mask in sight. There were archers' and jousting demonstrations, plus many stands devoted to making clothes and producing food the old...