Stanton Drew

With our  holiday coming to an end, we drove my daughter and her fiance to Bristol for their return train journey home. Making the most of our remaining time together, we visited a couple of surpise locations, starting with ancient stone circles of Stanton Drew:

As you can see, this site is huge and is the UK's second largest stone circle after Avebury. By the time my buttercup pollen drenched legs left the field, we had all built up a bit of a thirst and headed into the nearby pub for much-needed refreshments.

Heading to the pub carpark, we saw a sign for megalithic burial tomb, which is actually in the pub's beer garden:

With still a few hours to pass before my daughter's train, we decided to cool down a little with a visit the coast, passing the The Round House en route:

This Grade II listed building was build circa 1794 as was used as a toll house to collect fees from passing coachmen who used the roads during the time when turnpikes were in use.

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: