As usual we headed to Glastonbury Tor and Town for a getaway. Hoping the weather stays dry and warm. We headed down Tuesday night to find our spot. Wednesday we went to find Dion Fortune’s Grave in a church yard.

Dion Fortune

Dion Fortune (born Violet Mary Firth, 6 December 1890 – 6 January 1946) was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist and author. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philosophies which she claimed had been taught to her by spiritual entities known as the Ascended Masters. A prolific writer, she produced a large number of articles and books on her occult ideas and also authored seven novels, several of which expound occult themes.

Set off for the Tor

Up here we watch the sun go down and drink some wine. Summer is here, blessed with sunshine. But don’t let the sunshine fool you, once up the tor it’s windy and chilly.

It’s the Summer Solstice this week, meaning we are traveling to Glastonbury. Hoping the weather holds out, as we’ve had so much rain for so long. Seriously thinking we need an Ark!!

My own litha candle, and crystals to welcome in the sun

As it’s the start of the summer, you can celebrate low energy wise with simple ways, like collect some flowers, light yellow candles, gather herbs to dry.

Witchcraft doesn’t need to be big showy things, or expensive. We opt to travel to Glastonbury, it’s our biggest highlight of the year, to be with like minded folk, listen to the drumming all night and welcome the rising sunrise.

We arrived in Glastonbury and the sun god’s have shone on us all.

This month we’ve been enjoying The Traitors series, started late and watched Series 2 UK version to start with. Swiftly followed by Australia version Series 1, and then onto Series 2. Found on iplayer

Completely hooked and so unlike us, (we don’t do reality TV normally) it’s been a 9pm staple each night. And you can be sure we will dive into the USA version as well.

The Traitors’ is a tense psychological adventure competition where 22 strangers are moved into a castle in the Scottish Highlands to complete a series of challenges and missions together as a team. The catch, however, is that amongst the loyal contestants hoping to win a cash prize of up to £120,000, three traitors are secretly lurking, sabotaging their efforts and picking off contestants one by one. In the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust, the loyalists must root out the traitors amongst their ranks in order to win or risk losing everything. (All games are based on this format, but set in different locations, and prize funds)

Finders Keepers on Channel 5, Keen detectorist Martin (Morrissey) and his wheeler dealer soon to be son-in-law Ashley (Buckley) who, while on a boys bonding trip in the idyllic fields of rural Somerset, discover a hoard of buried Saxon treasure worth millions. Legally, they should declare it, but Ashley spots an opportunity to look after number one, and as pressures are building at home with his wife Anne (Ripley), straight arrow Martin can’t help but have his head turned.

Enjoyed seeing points of interest in Glastonbury, makes me wanna visit again as soon as possible. Crazy series and thoroughly unlikeable characters to shout at the TV, well done and really enjoyed.

Too Good To Be True on channel 5, Rachel, a single mother and cleaner, is offered a better job by a wealthy businessman. She accepts, but grows suspicious of his motives as she becomes more involved in his affairs.

Slow start, hope it gets better, so far the main characters are quite annoying, but only half way through, maybe it picks up.

Domino Day on iplayer is a powerful witch with a dark secret: she has to feed on humans to survive. She is desperate to understand who she is, but she doesn’t need to look far for answers, as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move.

It’s Witches, And Manchester, what’s not to love. Loved it all, the location, character building, storyline, really hope we get more.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, on Disney+ Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus’ master bolt and stop an all-out war. After losing his mother, Percy is sheltered at Camp Half-Blood, a sanctuary for demigod children. He must prove himself and confront his origins once he discovers he too is a demigod, and will take off into the perils of pursuing enemies in search of the Underworld. With the help of his quest mates Annabeth and Grover, Percy’s journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, if he’ll ever see his mother again, and if he can ever find out who he’s destined to be.

I adored the films from years ago, so I had high hopes for this. And I wasn’t let down at all, in fact it’s just as amazing as the films. I’m so excited to see how this goes in future series.

Monday night last week we started our pilgrimage to Glastonbury town, ready for Tuesday night going to the Tor to watch the sun go down and come up on the Solstice Day!!

We settled for arriving at tea time, grabbing some fish and chips and finding our spot. We saw Red Deer and Barn Owls in the distance, beautiful rural area. So peaceful and warm. Heavenly first night which we needed to give us good energies for the following day.

We gently stroll around the town, visit the shops, have a Glastonbury pasty (the best) walked to the spring to visit shrines and have our quiet moments with the goddess.

We gathered our strength and slow slow walked to the Tor, spurred on by the Shamanic drumming.

I can’t describe the pain, but I’ve taken my painkillers, I took it as slow as I could to not overheat as it was boiling!! And to be precise in each step. We make it by 9.30pm.

This year I barely took photos or videos, we were just living it instead. The whole night was absolutely incredible, meeting some awesome folks.

By morning the sun is coming up around 4.45am and it’s freezing cold (what a difference to the night) we had wanted to go to the Chalice well but it didn’t open until 6.30am and I had honestly reached my level of pain, tiredness and cold. So we headed down at 5.30am and grabbed some much needed sleep.

Our Wednesday was a beautiful relaxing day, we had sunshine and good company. Once more around the shops, soaking up the atmosphere and energies. Though now the town is getting busier with the festival goers.

We ended our adventures on Thursday, our plan was the Spring and Chalice Well, which we walked bare foot, something I’ve never done before. It was divine. From the previous day’s my feet had been sore and aching so of course we walked in the healing waters of the Red Spring.

Obviously now we are feeling it!! Home and resting solidly as it’s needed. While we were away my youngest daughter mini moon herself gave birth on Solstice Day and her boy was born. What a magickal day!