Chalice Well Glastonbury

We all crashed early last night and, except for a few moments, all slept through until early this morning. The question was raised on whether we needed an alarm. Even though we set one up, everyone was awake in time for our included breakfast buffet.

I was the only holdout on getting a complete English breakfast. For those of you that have …

... church should be so full of pagans. The Glastonbury cathedral ruins are impressive but the most amazing site for me was the Chalice Well. I'm not much of a one for 'feeling' the pressence of things, but there is something very special about this ...

... up (much farther than I thought I would! LOL). We followed up the Tor with the last famous site in Glastonbury - the Chalice Well. The well is the supposed final resting place of the Holy Grail. The water in it supposedly has healing powers. It's ...

... the top of a hill and is what remains of a church from the 14th/15th century. We climbed down and made our way to the Chalice Well Garden where we drank water from the Chalice Well. The story is that Joseph of Arimethea (sp?) hid the Holy Grail in the ...

... (really?).  At the spot where it was buried a spring started and is believed to have healing powers.  This is the Chalice Well.  It is now  meditative gardens with the spring for pilgrims to use for it's restorative ability.  Ok, ...

... and 'dancing phalanges' when she said her name... anyway DH mentioned that she had an extra ticket to the Samhain event at the Chalice Well going. I had forgotten to get my ticket fore I left so I jumped at the opportunity of taking her up on the ...

... , Uncle Joseph is said to have brought the chalice, from which Jesus drunk at the last supper, to Glastonbury. Once here, he placed it in a well. The Chalice Well is in a peaceful garden now, with serene landscape and plenty of places to sit and reflect ...