Walks in Somerset: Exploring Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.

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  • Опубликовано: 12 май 2018
  • 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
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    David White
    Paul Hein
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    Kevin Hall
    Mark Sellwood
    Mark Webb
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    Andy Ashfield
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Комментарии • 44

  • @marcoscu
    @marcoscu 6 лет назад +4

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

  • @OJ-vs6tm
    @OJ-vs6tm Год назад

    Love you guys.😇

  • @karlafas
    @karlafas 3 года назад

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

  • @ramibu239
    @ramibu239 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @RichardVobes
      @RichardVobes  5 лет назад +1

      We don't take life too seriously!

    • @ramibu239
      @ramibu239 5 лет назад +1

      @@RichardVobes thats the best way to live it.

  • @ReverendFlatus
    @ReverendFlatus 6 лет назад +2

    I like to see an old ruin.
    Impressive!

  • @annosborne7365
    @annosborne7365 6 лет назад +1

    Thank you Richard and Julia for a fantastic video

  • @MrGreatplum
    @MrGreatplum 6 лет назад +3

    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
    @ZiggySearchfieldCactus 2 года назад +1

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

  • @GRA.L1981
    @GRA.L1981 3 года назад

    another brilliant upload, thankyou

  • @1954real
    @1954real 3 года назад

    Excellent

  • @Scribe333
    @Scribe333 3 года назад

    charming

  • @jenstewart1229
    @jenstewart1229 6 лет назад +2

    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
      @RichardVobes  6 лет назад +1

      Jennifer Stewart Well worth a visit. part two tomorrow!

  • @orlas5861
    @orlas5861 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @SimonBrown
    @SimonBrown 6 лет назад

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

  • @davidbooth3285
    @davidbooth3285 6 лет назад +1

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

    • @RichardVobes
      @RichardVobes  6 лет назад +1

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

  • @OJ-vs6tm
    @OJ-vs6tm Год назад

    Makes me want to shimmy like an IT--

  • @bullettube9863
    @bullettube9863 3 года назад

    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.

  • @charlesnagle7621
    @charlesnagle7621 3 года назад

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

  • @10wanderer
    @10wanderer 4 года назад

    @ 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

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 4 года назад +1

    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.

  • @johnhorne1685
    @johnhorne1685 5 лет назад

    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.

  • @charlesstell506
    @charlesstell506 6 лет назад

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

    • @RichardVobes
      @RichardVobes  6 лет назад

      Probably not as many as you might think !

  • @Markjick
    @Markjick 6 лет назад

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

  • @richardb.roberts4649
    @richardb.roberts4649 6 лет назад

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

  • @SidBonkers51
    @SidBonkers51 6 лет назад +1

    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
      @RichardVobes  6 лет назад

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

  • @benaveiga546
    @benaveiga546 4 года назад +1

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

  • @geofflukins8913
    @geofflukins8913 4 года назад

    You 2 should get married you make a great couple.

    • @RichardVobes
      @RichardVobes  4 года назад

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

    • @geofflukins8913
      @geofflukins8913 4 года назад

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

    • @tonethetallbaldy5039
      @tonethetallbaldy5039 3 года назад

      No they look too happy!

  • @10wanderer
    @10wanderer 4 года назад

    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