Category: Glastonbury Tor

Summer Solstice - Festival site rom the top of Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, UK. ID JB_9448

Life is a Festival

For me Glastonbury festival starts early in the morning at the stop of the tor watching the summer solstice sunrise. There is always an amazing atmosphere up at the top of world.  Yesterday there...

Buttercups on Glastonbury Tor - Somerset, UK. ID JB_7405

Back on Tor

Having spent an evening, followed by an early morning, wondering around South Moor it was time to get back up Glastonbury Tor. It had been a while since my last trip and it always...

Spring Equinox

It is spring equinox again. Time to head up to the top of Glastonbury Tor. The more observant, looking at the feature image for this post, will have realised that I took these pictures...

Sunset over Glastonbury Tor - From above Dungeon Farm, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6834

Glastonbury Tor Sunset

Tor Silhouette In Somerset there is a location between Wells and Shepton Mallet which is special.  Special because at this time of year the sun sets directly behind Glastonbury Tor. Of course there are...

Pied Wagtail - Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, UK. ID IMG_8736

The Floods from Glastonbury Tor

I’m a bit jealous of all those people posting beautiful drone images on social media.  I would love to get a drone, but I find their noise really annoying. This is probably because they...

Mist over the Levels form Deerleap - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB_0106

Mist

Not every trip goes to plan.  A few days ago I ventured to the top of Glastonbury Tor.  Arriving in the dark hoping to catch the sun rising over a countryside covered in beautiful...

2023 Summer Solstice - From the top of Glastonbury Tor, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4520

Summer Solstice

I cannot believe it is the summer solstice again.  Only one place to be – the top of Glastonbury Tor.  Apart from from Stonehenge but thats in neighbouring Wiltshire.  Maybe one day I will...

Glastonbury Tor before Dawn - From Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. ID JB_6578

Surprise Spring Mist

As we approached Easter we had a few days of clear blue skies.  The forecast for the following morning was very cold with a good chance of some springtime mist.  All this and a...

Flooding around Glastonbury Tor - Somerset, UK. ID JB_4695

Starling Trail

The fields around Glastonbury Tor are covered in water pouring out of the Brue. I was hoping for a reflection of the Tor but the wind was too strong.  The rippled water destroying any...