Humour Archives - Normal For Glastonbury

What’s It Like to Live in Glastonbury?

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019

Lots of people ask “What’s it like to live in Glastonbury?”. My afternoon stroll through town today wasn’t untypical, so I thought I’d share it in the hope it goes some way to answering the question. Sunny Suitcase Saturday The weather today was glorious, despite it being only the 23rd of February. The sun was … Read more

Fabulous Furry Folk Goes Further

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

Besides being home to a great number of extraordinarily talented musicians, Glastonbury Town also attracts well known performers from around the world. It helps that Europe’s biggest performing arts festival happens only 7 miles away, which has put the town on the map for touring musicians. Those for whom appearing on the Pyramid Stage is … Read more

Who Stole Glastonbury Co-op’s Giant Magnet?

August 29, 2018July 18, 2018

The Co-op has always exerted a strange and inexorable pull on my solar plexus, as if a huge and powerful magnet lurked behind the shelves. Lately it’s as if the magnet has been tuned off. What’s happened? I investigate!

Glastonbury Town Fairies in a Flap

June 8, 2018

Glastonbury Fairy Community in Shock over New Legislation Fairies were known to the Victorians as elusive creatures, rapidly retreating to their home under Glastonbury Tor when spied by the curious. Apart from abducting the occasional sleeping swain or newborn babe, they shunned human company altogether. In recent years, the fey folk have abandoned their reclusive … Read more

A Tale from a Bus Driver in Ciderland

February 28, 2018June 10, 2017

In which a Glastonbury bus driver considers how to politely decline magic mushroom induced Plasmatic eyeball-invasion. A guest post by Glastonbury author Geoff Stray.

Glastonbury – the Perfect Place to Reinvent Yourself?

December 5, 2018September 1, 2016

Man promoting Glastonbury Medieval Fair in full armour with a takeaway cup of coffee in Glastonbury Town

What Glastonbury offers those who move here, or visit at length or frequently, from more anonymous towns all over the UK (and increasingly from all over the world), is an opportunity for reinvention. While ordinariness seems to be something to be striven for in other places here it is scorned. I don’t think there are many here who would describe themselves as say “Just a housewife”, here they become witches, artists, mystics, workshop leaders, Reiki masters, poets, permaculture gardeners, teachers, even bloggers. A hobby or a passion becomes a vocation.

Glastonbury – The Spiritual Supermarket

March 30, 2018May 25, 2016

It’s an oft heard complaint that you can’t buy anything useful in Glastonbury. This is of course nonsense. What could be more functional than a mirror ball Ganesha? Who needs underwear when you can simply don a very long cloak? As Kim said to me earlier “I don’t actually want a cauldron, but it’s nice to know I could just pop into the High St and buy one if I did”.

Overheard in Glastonbury Town

February 28, 2018May 20, 2016

I can’t really take credit for this post. I’ve been busy this week, having a birthday, helping run an Angelic Healing Retreat Centre, organising the infrastructure for a field at Glastonbury Festival, booking pirate folk bands for Tewkesbury Medieval Re-enactment, arranging for this blog to be self hosted and failing to go to the Bardic Trials at the Assembly Rooms because it was just one thing too many. I needed some post content that wouldn’t take too much brain power.

I had some examples of things I’d overheard in Glastonbury already written down and thought they’d make a good start to a post:

Glastonbury Town Tourist Map

March 9, 2019May 8, 2016

I hope you find this Tourist Map informative and useful on your trip to Glastonbury Town. For a version of the map you can zoom in on click here. To see what Glastonbury was like in Medieval Times please take a look at this map.

Nude, but not lewd, in Glastonbury

February 28, 2018April 29, 2016

The bizarre can become commonplace in Glastonbury. Things that in other towns might cause consternation, shock or front page headlines often raise barely an eyebrow.