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Europe » United Kingdom » England » Somerset » Glastonbury June 27th 2005

Glastonbury music festival has been going since 1970, the day after Jimmy Hendrix died. It started as a small music festival and over the years has grown into the biggest music festival in England, this year over 150,000 attended and we were two of them. We had a decent little crew going but nothing could have prepared us for the sheer size of the place and the fact that if we ever lost anyone, we weren’t gonna find them again. We were so excited to be going and had all the camping gear packed and enough baby wipes to change half of China (owing to there being only 1 shower block, which we would never see). The weather in the UK is pretty unpredictable in June but Glasto has a reputation for being wet and muddy. ... read more
Glasto 2005
Glasto 2005
Glasto 2005

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Somerset » Glastonbury May 29th 2005

After a pleasent stay in Bath I decided to put some of my University education to good use (about time). After taking an Arthurian Legend english course I decided to head to Glastonbury for an attempt at some more rest and relaxation. I got there on Saturday and booked into a lovely B&B for a couple of days and started exploring. Glastonbury is a lovely small town. There main street is dotted with shops of every type immaginable, from new age healers to celtic styled clothing to music shops. I spent hours just wandering around looking at all the neat trinkets. After my meandering I headed to the the Glastonbury abby ruins, which were much more extensive than I thought. They consisted of a large farm ground with the ruins of the abby peeking from a ... read more
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