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The vicar at our local church has been there for 25 years. It is one in the middle of our village, St John's, and I confess I have never been to a service there. Today Saturday they had a flower festival  with lovely themes; they were also offering a trip up the bell tower from which we could see all over our town containing about 22,000 people. See picture below. ***** To see some gardens owned...

To the butchers to buy my regular carnivore fix. Outside I saw an attractive sticker on the window To Kilmersdon to see my repair and sales agent for my garden equipment. I had trouble with my strimmer in that the sort of cord I was using was totally inadequate and wore out after about 5 minute's use. Mike, the obliging owner of the business, got out some beefy lengths of cord and loaded it up....

This will be the third or is it the fourth time that we've been to this enormous show. I have long ago realised that it is impossible to take in everything that is going on and I feel visitors should go to themes that they feel comfortable with for example wood working, hedges, local cheeses, sheep shearing, and fall into a conversation with people who are running these features so that you get...

In case you didn't know, Beltane is the annual May Day Festival. It is about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. As you will see from the many images I have enclosed, Glastonbury knows how to celebrate its ancient 'important days' of the year. We had the usual midday celebration which...

This is the 40th year of this amazing festival where a sleepy village is transformed into a bustling market very much like it must've been in the Middle Ages. Mells has only one street and it is very historical in nature. We arrived about 11 o'clock, the official opening time, to find there were hundreds of people already there. Bearing in mind the wonderful weather, this was not surprising....

So, off to London for a full seven days. Accommodation in London is expensive even with Air B&B so I am grateful to have been offered free accommodation by an old friend of Françoise.  Tuesday we are off to a funeral and are arriving the day before so we can settle in. Our procedure for going anywhere is always the same. We take the 9:38 AM 172 local bus from Wells at the newsagent 100 yards...