A GLASTONBURY TALE (11)

The View From Here...

The beauty of living only 40 miles from Glastonbury is that you can there in about an hour. The forecast had said it would rain but it was sunny all day, with a breeze. Approaching Glastonbury from Pilton, the Tor draws you in, a silent siren.

We wanted to climb the Tor and look back toward Pilton and get a feel for the place, see the lie of the land. We took a 'Tor This Way' sign which led us on a circuitous route around the back of the Tor. It was forever in view but always out of reach, more 'back side of the Tor' rather than 'Dark side of the moon' if you will.

a sign

this way

that way?

end in sight

It was a beautiful route though, through a lane of hedgerow, past an orchard and past a field of lambs.

approach

The Tor dominates the landscape but in a non-threatening way, more a guardianship. I'd forgotten how high it was and it's only when you stand at the foot (the meandering approach does bring you to such a point, eventually) that the majesty of the place starts to unfold.

rise

The climb affords views to die for with the tower crowning the experience.

tower

Looking out, back toward Pilton shows a sea of green, punctuated with islands, the houses are boats, anchored in a safe haven.

fields of green

The haze obscured a lot of detail but the view works on a direct level, in the way that music does. And it is the marriage of the place with music that will make Glastonbury festival, each time it is held.


RP


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