Moonshadows Meet Ups
Chalice Well, Glastonbury - August 2005
In-Famous Five!
This was the second Moonshadows meet up and this time more people attended, we'd been planning this get together for a while, but we forgot to inform the weather of our plans. There was a choice of places to go and by popular demand the Chalice Well in Glastonbury was picked.

Whitewitch was the first to arrive at Glastonbury, followed by Moonshadow & Raven (who was behind the camera all day) then Moonstorm and finally Katbookworm and Tyto after their minor diversion to Salisbury (thanks to the RAC map!). So there were 6 MR members (7 now as Vamp has joined us after having a wonderful time!) plus friends and partners making a grand total of 10 of us.
Glastonbury Tourist Information Office
We arranged to meet outside the Tourist Information place on High Street, which was a beautiful old building that was really easy to find.

Whilst waiting for the others to arrive Whitewitch and Moonshadow did some window shopping, although neither of them actually bought a window! Moonstorm arrived, and then there were three. Some of the shops visited are at the end of the photos.
Moonstorm joins Whitewitch and Moonshadow.

The King William pub.
We decided whilst waiting for Tyto and Katbookworm we'd get some lunch and warm up a bit, so we found a pub and had a meal. Whilst we were frequenting the King William the rain began and stayed for almost the rest of the day. At the end of the meal I called T & K and they'd arrived in Glastonbury, horray! So we arranged to meet them outside the Chalice Well.

Joined by Tyto, Katbookworm and their Helen we all entered the Chalice Well and then the rains really fell! Did it deter us? No! We carried on with out visit regardless. Our first stop was King Arthur's Court, what a wonderful place. Tyto bathed her wrist in the Pilgrims Bath situated in King Arthur's Court and felt the benefits of that for the rest of the day.
Finally at the Chalice Well.

Waterfall - King Arthurs Court
This is the waterfall in King Arthurs Court, the energy at this spot was incredible. Apologies for this photo, make of it what you will. despite the rain and the torrential downpours during the whole of the visit this was the only area that had any strange little blobs in the picture. Some people describe them as orbs, others say that it's dust or water vapour particles.

Moonshadow collecting water from the waterfall. you can see the rain drips on her jacket and in the water behind her feet. Just above her head on level with the middle step there is a bright light that is moving upwards. It could be a raindrop but you'd expect the rest of the photo to be covered with them given the rain at the time? A close up of this 'orb' is on the forum.
Collecting water from the Waterfall.

Collecting water from the Lion's Head.
Next stop was the Lion's Head, this is the area that people are encouraged to drink from. Moonshadow did just that. The water here is of the highest quality. The red colouring is due to the high iron content in the water which imparts a strange but pleasant taste to the water. Moonshadow drank from the Lion's Head and the pain that she had been experiencing from her hernia went away for the rest of the day. She also reports that she felt refreshed, relaxed and energised.

Moonstorm having a quiet moment at the Angel Bench on route to the source. Candles and incense had been lit by previous visitors that gave out a wonderful vanilla scent. Mind you it took Tyto, Kat & Moonshadow about 10 minutes to figure out that was where the wonderful aroma was coming from, after sniffing every flower in the surrounding borders!
Moonstorm at the Angel Bench.
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