Showing posts with label orchards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orchards. Show all posts

Monday 1 October 2012

Glastonbury and apple orchards

I was at Glastonbury over the weekend with Brandon and our friend Helen Bradley, we were there to help run a free set stall click here to learn more. Brandon and I were worrying slightly about our brew as the port had been over flowing, we emptied some out, asked the landlord to keep an eye on it and hoped for the best, luckily we have had no more problems and it seems to just be bubbling happily away. When we went to Glastonbury we went to a mind body spirit fair and set up our stall, although the day was slow going and we only sold a couple of items I enjoyed the day thoroughly, I had never been to  anything like it, and I looked around the different stalls and there were some very interesting things about, everyone there claimed some spiritual connection and would offer to read the stars for you or some tarot cards, they believe in lots of different items like crystals and amulets. Glastonbury has as many shops related to witch craft and spiritualism as any other town would have supermarkets. Much to my delight they had a baker, butchers and some orchards scattered around, Helen informed me that most the shops were fair trade and I had fun walking around the charity shops and quirky small fair trade clothes shops that were sprinkled around. Brandon was feeling under the weather and it had been a long day we had been on the go since around 6 the morning and the stall didn't close until 7 in the evening, he struggled a little bit but I was impressed by how he push his energy and kept a positive approach. That evening we went out to an Italian and had a drink at a local pub and then headed back to the van where we were going to spend the night. That was when we realised we didn't have the attachment for the pump which is needed to blow the airbeds up, so we spent the next while taking it in turns to blow a single airbed and then a double airbed up. We got there without fainting and snuggled down to sleep, we were so tired we all slept pretty well, although I had forgotten to turn my alarm off and it went of at 6 am and I took a while frantically trying to climb over the front seats in order to turn it off before it got to loud. We ended up sleeping until 9 am, which is a massive lie in to me, we headed to a local cafe and had some toast and a coffee. Helen head back to the stall we went exploring. We climbed the tor and then enjoyed looking around a local orchard I couldn't help wishing more towns opened up public orchards and grow more fruit bushes for the public, but unfortunately it seems like a rarity  we didn't stay around to longs, Brandon's cold was getting worse so we decided to head home so that he could relax while I doted on him. All in all I enjoyed our trip to Glastonbury, and am starting to wonder if I should start up a public orchard somewhere.