We gained another day today. The planned stopping point had been the quaintly named 'Midsomer Norton', but at just 11 Miles, there was no way we could pass off the opportunity to do a double day and try to get to Glastonbury. It wasn't easy though, anything over 20 Miles gets hard, but we pushed on through the persistent rain and made pretty good going along Sustrans routes, disused railway lines and fairly quiet country lanes. At one point along the way, a cyclist who was linterested in what we were doing pointed out that we were passing a 6000 year old Long Barrow burial chamber and a car driver slowed for a chat near Glastonbury and told us that the road on which we were walking at Queens Sedge Moor was 2 Miles long and completely straight and flat. We had actually noticed this.
Glastonbury Tor can be seen from at least 10 Miles away as you approach and looks rather like a child's sand castle with a flag stuck in the top. Glastonbury itself lived up to expectations as a hippy magnet, with lots of people stranger than us walking around and the high street full of shops catering for their attire. It is a shame we don't have more time to spend here, I would have liked to have gone up the Tor, or visited the church that was offering 'Healing by appointment', to fix my feet, tired after our longest day so far.
Glastonbury Tor can be seen from at least 10 Miles away as you approach and looks rather like a child's sand castle with a flag stuck in the top. Glastonbury itself lived up to expectations as a hippy magnet, with lots of people stranger than us walking around and the high street full of shops catering for their attire. It is a shame we don't have more time to spend here, I would have liked to have gone up the Tor, or visited the church that was offering 'Healing by appointment', to fix my feet, tired after our longest day so far.
Approaching Glastonbury with the Tor visible in the distance.
Statistics
Distance: 30.5 Miles
Moving Time: 10 Hours 13 Mins
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