There and Back

When the town of Glastonbury crops up in a conversation then the first thing that springs to mind is the famous music festival. However, there are other intersting things about the area - one being the TOR. Having now been into the town, one has to ask "is it held actually in Glastonury?" and the answer is "No, the Glastonbury Festival is not actually in the town of Glastonbury. It's held on Worthy Farm in Pilton, a village about 7 miles (13 km) east of Glastonbury" However, our daughter wanted to see and climb the Tor, which is what we did. She has been to the festival with her brother many moons ago! Here are my daughter, wife and grandaughter posing at the bottom of the Tor, poised and ready to go. Daughter and grandaughter, part way up, looking down to the start. .... and the town of Glatonbury when we were part way up. We had a good climb to the top and all enjoyed it. After a walk around the Tor we headed down. The 13th-century tower which forms a landmark...

Today was for a visit to Longleat. Despite having visited the place before, this was a visit without drivng around the Safari area.  Nevertheless, much enjoyed by our grandaughter. First the house itself - not to go in, but to obtain a couple of images for the album. You can go in for a tour but we were not up for that! As a matter of interest, in 1949 Longleat House became one of the first privately owned stately homes to open to the public commercially. But its history extends much further back. Built between 1567 and 1580, it has been lived in by sixteen generations of the Thynn family. Today it is the family home of the 8th Marquess and Marchioness of Bath.   Posing at the front of the property. So onto a few images of the creatures who live here, although through glass it was a bit difficult at times. A pleasant day worth visiting to see the pleasure it gave the family. The onto something rather sad but which brought back a few memories. When I was just a teenager (ages a...