Almost at the end of our holiday. Had a lovely week in Churchill in North Somerset thanks to a good friend who allowed us to stay at her manse while they were on holiday. Things didn't get off to too good a start when being so manly & strong I managed to pull the door knob off when shutting the front door!!
Thankfully the Circuit repair man came along & put it back on - phew!
Sadly the weather was pretty wet to say the least but still we had a good time.
Trips to Bristol Glastonbury Cheddar & Weston Super Mare together with 3 trips to the swimming baths as well as some lovely walks & a fair few pints of local cider & beer made for a lovely holiday.
Two highlights would have to be walking up a fair bit of Cheddar gorge http://www.cheddargorge.co.uk/ on the one quite sunny day we had, & a trip to Glastonbury abbey http://www.glastonburyabbey.com/.
In both places it felt like the thin place Revd George MacLeod described Iona as - a place where only a thread separates the material from the spiritual.
The splendour of the Gorge & the holy feeling of the Abbey - wonderful.
Sadly the rest of Glastonbury felt very oppressive - never felt like that in a place before, goose bumps & a heavy almost evil sense. We couldn't wait to get out of the town when our visit to the Abbey was over.
The second week has been spent with the 2 two big girls who didn't come to Somerset with us before they both go off to Uni. Lovely day out at the Black Country Living Museum http://www.bclm.co.uk/ was great.
Read a book & a few newspapers, wasted hours watching films & doing very little.
Relaxing but next year can we please find some sun.
