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Friday, 2 May 2025

A Glastonbury Miscellany

 Primarily, this Glastonbury trip served the purpose of wanting to experience and photograph its May Day celebration for a second Avalon zine publication. With such unique scenes and views offered by Glastonbury, it was impossible not to come away from the place without a swathe of imagery that would would be be difficult to fit into a blog format. As such, I present these images for your perusal in this miscellaneous post:




I was very disappointed to discover that my favourite Glastonbury shop, The Speaking Tree, was now consigned to history and was now named:



Adding to the loss, the great Crassula ovata plant, a cutting from which now grows on my landing windowsill, was also no more :(



I was also surprised to see Starchild has now relocated to Glastonbury High Street:






Only in Glastonbury would the national RSPCA bric-a-brac store also become a New Age shop!


 





The interior of my favourite Glastonbury pub - The George & Pilgrims:


The market square spire:





The interior of the Art of Africa shop:


An elephant residing in a locked ex BT phonw box:



Glastonbury Abbey:


St. John the Baptist's Church:

















Yours trully:


And now, for the moment at least, it is time to say goodbye to this most wonderful area of the Somerset countryside: