Glastonbury and Street

We drove to Glastonbury yesterday for a mini break. 

We cycled through the town a couple of months and and decided that it looked such a beautiful place that we would come back for a longer visit.

This time we set off on the short walk from our hotel to the top of Glastonbury Tor.

All day the weather had been very iffy with lots of rain and occasional bursts of sunshine, but the weather for our walk was superb.

It is quite a steep hill, as you can see from the shadow photo, and is the highest point for many miles around, with a church tower on the top.

There used to be a church as well, dating from the 14th century, but it was demolished during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539.  But now only the tower remains. 

Glastonbury is a very mystical place, and while we were at the Tor a man appeared with a large gong that he kept bonging, and then another man with a drum joined in.

On the way down we found a wall with Tibetan prayer wheels, and a cave where volunteers play mystical music while people bathe naked in the very cold water.

Fortunately the cave was just closing as we arrived so we missed out on the bathing opportunity.

This morning we drove to the neighbouring town of Street where we did the parkrun to finish off a lovely visit.