While in Glastonbury, we visited what was said to be Joseph of Arimathae’s staff that sprouted into this tree on Wearyall Hill. May 6, 2008

While in Glastonbury, we visited what was said to be Joseph of Arimathae’s staff that sprouted into this tree on Wearyall Hill. May 6, 2008.

The Vesica Pool’s Avalon red spring at the Chalice Well in Glastonbury, England. May 6, 2008

Passing through the City of Wells, with is street market, on our way to Tintagel, England. May 7, 2008

On our way to Tintagel, we stopped at the City of Wells for a visit. The Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, commonly known as Wells Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. The cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. It was built between 1175 and 1490, replacing an earlier church built on the same site in 705. The medieval cathedral’s architecture presents a Gothic and mostly Early English style of the late 12th and early 13th centuries. May 7, 2016

The ruins of Tintagel Castle in Tintagel, England. History and legend are inseparable at Tintagel. During the so-called Dark Ages (about the 5th to the 7th centuries AD) it was an important stronghold, and was possibly a residence of Cornwall rulers. It was possible account of the Cornish kings that inspired the 12th-century writer Geoffrey of Monmouth to name it in his “History of the Kings of Britain” as the place where King Arthur was conceived, with the help of Merlin, the Wizard. At the same time, Cornish and Breton writers linked the love story of Tristan and Iseult with Tintagel. May 7, 2008

Merlin’s cave by the remains of the Tintagel Castle in Tintagel, England. May 7, 2008

Another step into King Arthur’s court was our stay in Tintagel, England, where we stayed at Peter and Julie’s Avalon hotel. May 7, 2008

Walked the causeway, in the rain, to the castle at St. Michael’s Mount. May 8, 2008

Mousehole in Cornwall, England. May 8, 2008

Bonnie in the “Joan The Wad” shop in Polperro, Cornwall, England. May 9, 2008

Bonnie making her rounds touching the ancient stones at the Hurlers, a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England. The site is half-a-mile west of the village of Minions on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor. May 9, 2008

Me at Dozmary Pool where legend says King Arthur’s sword was thrown. May 9, 2008

The Cheesewring. May 9, 2008

The seaside port of Polperro, Cornwall, England. May 9, 2008