Admiring England's disappearing peat boggs.
Peat extraction is highly regulated here near mendip hills.
Brandon, being spiderman again.
Steve finally got his clotted cream along with the history of it from the coffee shop server in Glastonbury. Glastonbury was filled with a lot of new age, mystic shops and hippies in their mid 60's.
Chad & I laughed for a bit over this sign giving the reason for the wealth of Glastonbury Abbey, which at its hey day was the second richest abbey in England, second only to Westminster Abbey. That was until Henry VIII decided to have it destroyed during the dissolution of England's Monastaries.
Historians still can't decide if the finding of King Aurthur & Guinevere's remains here on Abbey land was fact or fiction drummed up to bring in funds for the Abbey.
Chad laying on the site said to hold the remains of King Aurthur & his queen Guinivere.
What's left of Glastonbury Abbey
Brandon & Chad were in a very silly mood that day!
The Abbey was supposedly founded by Joseph of Arimathea, a merchant, who was legened to have brought the Holy Grail (the chalice used by Jesus at the last Supper).
The Abbey also procalimed to have the remains of St. Patrick buried there also. A restored medieval chapel is at the site of the alleged remains.
Somerset is famous for its hard cider and cheese. Of course we had to try them all!
Ascent to the Glastonbury Tor where the remains of a church dedicated to St. Michael is at the top, along with great views, pot smokers, and plenty of mystics doing their chants.
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