Glastonbury Abbey

... many legends surround and so many bits and shards of history swirl around me. I will explain : Glastonbury lies in the assumed place of Avalon - King Arthur's kingdom. When I was a child I was so into dragons and knights and all those things.. ...

... mudslides and flows with extensive views from the hilltop." It was quite a day for seeing geological changes. When I got into Glastonbury, about 6pm, I decided I'd had about enough so looked for a place to stay. Right off the bat I found a place ...

... , where King Arthur is said to have been buried--twice! I imagined that we would spend an hour or so at Glastonbury Abbey, but the living history interpreters made the afternoon so wonderful that we stayed much longer than we should have.  Liam ...

... blooms twice a year, once at Christmas and once at Easter.  Whaaaaat?  Yeah.  Spooky. The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey are especially beautiful.  It was there also that supposedly the remains of King Arthur and Guinevere are ...

so not being able to get to Stonehenge for solstice, i settled on Glastonbury... toured the abbey and climbed the Tor and admired its power and magnificance! the path getting there was really beautiful... through pastures and farmland, just a really ...

... a popular pub. We had words with a couple of guys repairing a stone wall. Cool but not cold. No wind today.   On to Glastonbury. A town we had been to on a previous occasion but missed out on the Abbey because we had arrived too late. It was the ...

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Glastonbury, England We arrived in Glastonbury about 1:20 for a lunch break. Glastonbury Abbey was founded around 700 AD. It is associated with the legend of King Arthur. In 1191 legend says that the monks found the buried remains of King Author and ...

... century church on Glastonbury Tor before visiting the Challice Gardens and continuing on to Glastonbury where we toured the Glastonbury Abbey (which is where legend says Joseph of Arimathea brought Jesus and together they built the old wattle and daub ...

... the area. I really enjoyed lunch today with Stewart after the isolation I felt while walking. Refreshed I headed for Street and Glastonbury passing the Clarks distribution centre and Clarks Shopping Village on the way. The A39 was extremely busy and the ...