Lived there for a few months. The Abbey is a place of meditation but Im unesy about the fact that they charge you to go in. I know the place has to be maintained but surely its possible to just have donations? Not everybody is rich these days but are entitled to some peace and tranquility?
I'm with you, Crecentmoon!. I hate the cold, no doubt, but I would so love to be there right now. To hear the incredible quiet, listening to the snow fall, and your feet crunch, and then top it off with something warm from George and Pilgrims! Mmmmm...... Indeed, everyone who's there now, tip a glass, and thing of those of us far away! haha.
I'm seeing two people strolling near the cross and playing in the snow... and thinking... I wish I was one of them... It couldn't be any more beautiful... Too bad I have to catch a plane to go to Glastonbury, or I'd be there tomorrow night!!! I miss it so much... Could anyone overthere send some energies to us, those who live away, please? Thank you so much.
Crescentmoon, Portugal
Not only snow along the path, snow EVERYWHERE!!!
Welcome to life in Canada, or at least what we put up with most of the time.
Lovely to look at, chilly to hold,
do your best to stay in, keep out of the cold...
Blessings Avalon.
But......the crossing point of the Michael/Mary Ley line is really close to this view and there are more things in heaven and earth.......... long ciggy still helps mind!!! LOL!
Heyoka, I've noticed them too in the past, and the number changes from time to time. Sadly, I think it's just something either about the camera or the feed that produces them. Nothing interesting I'm afraid. But, you never know!
Is it my imagination, or are there two little lights in the foreground off to the right. Path lights or something a little more wonderful? Yeah, I know, wishful thinking...
I have to agree with the last posting, as I too was lucky enough one evening to wander through the grounds of the Abbey, unescorted, thanks to a "free spirit" named Kevin, and the magic hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm forever grateful for that, and forever grateful for the chance to walk through Avalon. ....and for the webcam!
Sitting here looking at the Abbey as the sun fades, (trying to get used to it thanks to the time change here in the states), and it brings back such wonderful memories of walking around by myself when the sun was just going down. What I would give to be back there now! All you guys who live nearby are lucky! haha.
My wife and I got to watch the sun rise at the abbey the other morning, and as much as it made my heart ache to be there again, it was wonderful to be able to see it. I've really gotten addicted to these webcams, and go to them all, (up or down), about every day.
Once the most important abbey in England, Glastonbury is a magnificent ruin, testament to the ruthless dissolution of monastic life by King Henry VIII in the 16th Century. The abbey was already established as a place of Christian importance when the Saxon king, Ine of Wessex, directed that in 712AD a stone church should be built, the foundations of which now form the west end of the nave of the Abbey. Although the Danes sacked Glastonbury in the 9th Century, it rose up again under the auspices of Saint Neot. The Abbot of Glastonbury, Saint Dunstan, enlarged the Abbey church in the 10th Century. Saint Dunstan was a central figure in the 10th Century revival of monastic life, who instigated Benedictine Rule at the Abbey before going on to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 960AD. Dunstan built the new cloisters, and the Abbey began to take on the grandeur fit for the burial of kings and as a central seat of monastic life.
Within a few years of Henry's dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbey at Glastonbury was a ruin, being described by Shakespeare as one of the "bare ruin'd choirs where late the sweet birds sang." Its imposing ruins still stand today, and still draw visitors - and pilgrims - from across the globe. Even though its buildings no longer mark it as a holy place, its myths, legends and ancient history still strike a chord with everyone who walks though its magnificent grounds.
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From the cute and cuddly to farmyard friends and close encounters of a crawly kind, all the animals you meet, groom and hold at Crealy love people especially children and can't wait to meet you!
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