Around Somerset

Before we get started on today's activities , I will share with you that Irene now has a chook named after her. When Mary returned home to Cornwall from Wales, she found a chicken had been hatched - and has proudly called it Irene. Hope it does not turn out to be a male - as sadly will not be long in the paddock. 

Also, something that might not be known is that in Bath, while all houses seem to have a number of chimneys - they are never used. It is illegal to have wood fires or smoke, as it creates the black coating on the buildings and as the limestone is soft, it gets damaged when it is cleaned.

Now today, weather a little overcast and gloomy so we set off this morning for a bit of a drive, and ended up going south of Bath to Glastonbury - the town where it is believed that King Arthur and Genievere are buried,well, I am not sure about that but today there seemed to be every " free spirited" cheese cloth wearing people in the town.The town was very interesting, but I have never seen so many crystal shops and "healing centres"l in the one place. I had a bit of a giggle when I saw that today in the main hall was the Annual Godess Conference ( photo below). There were also three women - 1 playing a drum and two others painting their handprint all along the street - not sure what it was about, but they looked like they were enjoying themselves. The fellow on the mobility scooter was greatly intrigued by them.

   

  

Anyway after having a look around the town, taking in all the activity and checking out the Abbey we made our way to Wells. This is the smallest city in England however has one massive beautiful Cathedral and Bishops Palace. 

This town had a lovely feel about it and we enjoyed strolling the streets . Also today was Market day and the street outside the cathedral was shut off and filled with stalls - Peter was sooooo excited about this.

The grounds around the Bishops Palace were lovely and there was a spot of croquet being played - it looked so "English " but so nice.

 On our travels today we also visited the villages of Radstock, Sheppton Mallet ( where up until January this year the prison was the oldest one in UK - started in 1600), and Midsomer Norton. The last one we just had to go as Irene is a bit of a Misomer Murders tragic  - however no Barnaby to be found!

All in all another good day and lovely to see a bit more of the country side.