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It's been sunny here, but only 16C so not all that warm.

The story of Glastonbury Abbey story starts somewhere around 670AD when a Saxon church was built on the site, this was later replaced with a much larger Norman church, which was destroyed in a fire in 1184. The ruins we see today are all that is left of the Great Church which replaced the Norman church and work on it was started in 1189. You only have to look at what remains to get some idea of how huge and impressive it must have looked when it was finished. In 1191 while excavating in the abbey cemetery the monks found, buried at a great depth, a wooden coffin which reportedly carried an inscription claiming it contained the bodies of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. The bones of King Arthur were re buried in the abbey in 1278 in a black marble tomb at a service attended by King Edward I. Some historians claim that the bones had nothing to do with King Arthur and that it was all just a publicity stunt to gain the abbey more funds for its rebuilding programme, but who now knows what the truth is. When you stand in front of the sign and look at the place where the tomb stood it's not easy to dismiss it and walk away, the legend of King Arthur is as strong today as it was then. By the 14th Century the Abbey was one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England and controlled huge tracts of the surrounding land. But things didn't go on forever, and the end came in 1539 as a result of the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII. The Abbey today is a grade 1 listed building and scheduled ancient monument. The view from the choir towards the Lady Chapel. The two huge pillars are all that is left of the supports of the tower and transepts. The railed off area is the site of the High Altar. (the sky colour was create with a filter) A view into the Lady Chapel. There was originally a floor going the full length of the chapel, the bridge walkway is a modern addition. Part of the outside wall of the Lady Chapel. This is, or was, the Abbot's kitchen and is the only complete building of the Abbey that remains. The sign marking the place where the tomb of King Arthur was sited. Thank you for reading this blog entry, I hope you found it interesting.

I've just had to pay my window cleaner, and he only takes cash.

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I have a carousel of 19 wallpapers and the Windows wallpaper changer puts a different one up every 30 minutes, interestingly each monitor gets a different wallpaper.

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It's probably too cold for them as well

That'll be good, sometimes people need a reason to get out of the house. I'm like that sometimes.

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The last thing I had was a large slice of chocolate cake.

Welcome to the Forum, it's good to have new members joining us.

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A Place Further Than The Universe is definitely a must watch. Another good, but seriously underrated series is Sounds of Life.

I knew she was going to be away for a few days as she's told me quite a lot about it, but thanks for answering my question. It was my inner railway nerd coming out, I instinctively spot railway stuff

Thank you very much. I've learnt a lot about GFX from @Sakura.

I think a new Sig is needed:

One of the best things about communicating by writing is that no one knows if your pronounce your name wrong, (So what is the right way to pronounce Serey?) OK, on to my list: I'll start with boy's names: Peter/Pete (I like that one because it's my name ) Neil Colin Paul Mike Brian Stephen/Steve David/Dave Girl's names: Kathryn/katie/Katy/Kate Susan/Sue/Susie Karen/Kay Sally I also like the more unusual names like: Lynette Sofi/Sophie Serenity Sayuri Sakura (actually I like the unusual names more)

Er, yes I see what your mean and that spider thing gives me the CREEPS, I seriously don't like spiders at all

Another collection of really wonderful photographs @Sakura the Black & white ones look great, as do the colour versions of course. I especially like the night time shots of Chicago, they really capture the feeling of a city at night. In the first two photos is that the famous Chicago L I see? If it is when you escape from the clutches of the hospital I'd really like if you could take some photos of it and the trains for me, please, please (you know how much I like trains, any sort of trains!)