Glastonbury

Our next stop is Glastonbury which had many legends and claims to fame. Of all the possibilities, it could be the burial site of King Arthur and the island of Avalon, the place Jesus visited in Britain, Joseph of Aramethia was to have bought the Holy Grail to this site, etc.
There is another tor which is much taller than the one at Burrow Bridge being 521 feet high above sea level. At the top, there is another tower and you can see 3 counties Somerset, Dorset, and Wiltshire. This was a tough climbs for me as it is quite steep.

At the base of the tor is the Chalice Well which archaeologist claim has been providing water for over 2,000 years. Regularly, including through droughts, the well produces 2,500 gallons per day. Early in the 20th Century, a well cover was designed and installed.

Glastonbury is a ‘New Age’ village with Tibetan prayer flags, Sufi charity shops, tarot cards and so much more. There is the remains of the Glastonbury Abbey which was one of the richest in the country prior to Henry VIII’s dissolution of the Catholic institutions.