Walks in Somerset: Exploring Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.

The lovely Julia Hartley-Neal and I are in Glastonbury in Somerset. We are exploring the ancient abbey ruins. We paid our money to get in and, dodging the rain drops, we weave our way through the fabulous monastery.
Very many thanks to all our sponsors of this trip to Glastonbury, especially the following:
Nigel Sadler
Felicity Jones
David Tirsch
David White
Paul Hein
Cynthia Walder
Kevin Hall
Mark Sellwood
Mark Webb
Neil Hague
Margaret Walters
Pam Earnshaw
Graham Mc Mullen
Andy Ashfield
Jane Ainsley
Ann Osbourne
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[@marcoscu]

The dynamic duo are back! Thanks for yet another great video.

[@ramibu239]

I was getting a good chuckle out of yours & Julia's playfulness.😘

[@RichardVobes]

We don't take life too seriously!

[@ramibu239]

@@RichardVobes thats the best way to live it.

[@ReverendFlatus]

I like to see an old ruin. Impressive!

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks Chris! :)

[@annosborne7365]

Thank you Richard and Julia for a fantastic video

[@RichardVobes]

So pleased you enjoyed it.

[@MrGreatplum]

There is some fantastic stone craftsmanship remaining in the monastery; the scale of that place must have been vast, certainly on the size of a place the size of Fountains Abbey. I like that you can access the ruins on different levels in the main building (assume that was the church!)

[@ZiggySearchfieldCactus]

I did a survey of the plants growing on the top of the Lady Chapel for English Heritage 🙂

[@OJ-vs6tm]

Love you guys.😇

[@karlafas]

thank you Richard! I miss that place so much! thank you for sharing with us.

[@jenstewart1229]

Such a beautiful place. The craftsmanship is superb. Such a shame Henry VIII wanted it gone. There’s something magical about ruins though, and I think the rain added to that. For your sake however, I’m sorry the weather was soggy. Maybe next time the sun will shine.

[@RichardVobes]

Jennifer Stewart Well worth a visit. part two tomorrow!

[@Scribe333]

charming

[@GRA.L1981]

another brilliant upload, thankyou

[@orlas5861]

What fantastic craftsmen . What fantastic dedication . All done with ropes and pulleys ! Amazing ! Well done both 👏👏

[@1954real]

Excellent

[@SimonBrown]

Well done in rainy conditions. I had to google ‘perpetual choirs’, thanks both 😄

[@RichardVobes]

Those perpetual choirs eh? :)

[@davidbooth3285]

Chapter House,building used for the meetings of a religious chapter!

[@RichardVobes]

Yes, of course I remembered some time later, didn't I? Thanks for the extra info! :)

[@OJ-vs6tm]

Makes me want to shimmy like an IT--

[@bullettube9863]

The size of this cathedral is amazing! Were there that many people who could attend services there? Just how big was Glastonbury at the time of Henry 8th? Chapter House I believe refers to a religious building used for meetings and the day to day business of a religious order.

[@michaelwhite8031]

I am surprised you did not avail yourself of William Blake's poem Jerusalem for this. The poem mentions the legend that Joseph of Aremathea brough the young Christ to Britain. 'And did those feet in ancient times walk upon England's pastures green.

[@RichardVobes]

Yes, I shouldhave done.

[@10wanderer]

@ 11.45 if you walk down the side of the Abbey Wall you will get the sensation of floating / sinking ? although the grass is firm ??? odd

[@charlesnagle7621]

14:40 Yes, I realized that myself years ago.

[@johnhorne1685]

Dunstan was abbot here who lived long enough to see seven Kings. He was the chap who got the devil by the nose with red hot forge masters tongs.

[@RichardVobes]

I would like to have seen that!

[@charlesstell506]

I had no idea it was so large. How many monks lived there?

[@RichardVobes]

Probably not as many as you might think !

[@Markjick]

An abbey is a conduit for communication....I wonder the ethics when a communique has been expressed only to be ignored by the master.

[@SidBonkers51]

With all your talk of trees Im surprised that you left us hanging after such a brief encounter with a "Thorn Tree" with no explanation of its association with Glastonbury. So of course I had to check it out with my mate Mr G. Oogle and discovered a fascinating story or myth, depending on your spiritual standing, regarding the miracle of the bi-flowering Glastonbury Hawthorn tree that sprouted when Joseph of Arimathea thrust his staff (presumably made of Hawthorn) into Wearyall Hill at Glastonbury. Some info here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Thorn

[@RichardVobes]

You see how easy it is to look stuff up yourself! :)

[@richardb.roberts4649]

Amazing history: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Abbey

[@RichardVobes]

Yes - indeed!

[@benaveiga546]

Joseph of Arimathea, the uncle of Jesus, if he did arrive here, he built the first Christian, not English, church...

[@10wanderer]

I would really like to explain the story of Jesus . like Arthur it,s a myth ? but behind both of them there lies a truth. . a truth that you would find the Holy Grail.. it,s Metaphysical ! but nobody wants to know ! ah well

[@geofflukins8913]

You 2 should get married you make a great couple.

[@RichardVobes]

Golly - it seems a long time ago we went to Glastonbury

[@geofflukins8913]

Richard Vobes I used to live near there and my sister still does.

[@tonethetallbaldy5039]

No they look too happy!