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

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

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

We don't take life too seriously!

@ramibu239

5 жыл бұрын

@@RichardVobes thats the best way to live it.

Thank you Richard and Julia for a fantastic video

@RichardVobes

6 жыл бұрын

So pleased you enjoyed it.

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

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!)

I like to see an old ruin. Impressive!

@RichardVobes

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! :)

Love you guys.😇

another brilliant upload, thankyou

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

Excellent

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

6 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Stewart Well worth a visit. part two tomorrow!

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

charming

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

@RichardVobes

6 жыл бұрын

Those perpetual choirs eh? :)

Makes me want to shimmy like an IT--

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.

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

@RichardVobes

6 жыл бұрын

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

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.

@RichardVobes

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I shouldhave done.

@ 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

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

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

@RichardVobes

6 жыл бұрын

Probably not as many as you might think !

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.

@RichardVobes

5 жыл бұрын

I would like to have seen that!

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

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

@RichardVobes

6 жыл бұрын

Yes - indeed!

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

6 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

You 2 should get married you make a great couple.

@RichardVobes

4 жыл бұрын

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

@geofflukins8913

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tonethetallbaldy5039

3 жыл бұрын

No they look too happy!