Aspects of Avalon

With all that water, Chalice well is quite a sensory garden as well as a visually attractive and peaceful pace to reflect. It is an interesting listening experience, and let’s start off with a musician’s insight into the wellhead at the top of the gardens, furthest away from the main road. Chalice Well wellhead the sound of the Wellhead If you get it to yourself take a listen to the sound of the water in the well-head, there is a distinct tone to it. Your browser does not support the audio element. Steve Gardiner, a musician, wrote 1 that he hears mainly overtones 7 and 9 in the sound of the wellhead, with a fundamental between E flat and D. Not having his perfect pitch I analysed the peaks of the recording at 109Hz and 139.2 Hz. Dividing these by 7 and 9 respectively give 15.57 and 15.5 Hz for the fundamental, which is pretty close and within the experimental error. That gives me a fundamental of half of B 0 . I am intrigued as to whether this changes over ti

Glastonbury is no clone town, and that's clear in the shop displays, particularly at night. You won't necessarily get something practical, but it's very otherworldly. Even the pub's a bit Harry Potter at times George and Pilgrim, which used to be the pilgrim's inn when the Abbey was a going concern

  It was a cold and snowy start to Imbolc, when around twenty hardy souls joined the pilgrimage from the Chalice Well to Bride's Mound. Sleet at Chilkwell Street gathering at the Market Square Conditions improved by the time we got to the Market Square, where Serena paused to tell us more about the history of the walk, before moving on along Porchestall Drove, to enter Beckery from the north. stone marking the erstwhile site of Bride's Well Followed by a brisk walk to Bride's Mound itself, the location of the old stone chapel though now only the underground foundations remain, covered by the grass. Imbolc ceremony on the Mound The ceremony was a welcome opportunity to enjoy some warming primrose country wine brought by Serena who initiated the bottle with a libation to Bride