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00:00:05
HI, I'M RICK STEVES,00:00:06
DELIGHTED TO BE
YOUR TRAVEL PARTNER00:00:08
AS WE CONTINUE EXPLORING
THE BEST OF EUROPE.00:00:10
THIS TIME IT'S THE HEART
OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES.00:00:13
LET'S GO.00:00:48
AND SOME HARD APPLE CIDER--00:00:49
GOOD BREW.
VERY GOOD BREW.00:00:51
--WE'LL TOUR MEDIEVAL WALES
AND ITS UNIQUE CATHEDRAL.00:00:55
THEN WE'LL GO FROM
NEOLITHIC AT STONEHENGE00:00:58
TO NEW AGE IN GLASTONBURY00:01:00
TO ONE OF EUROPE'S LARGEST
CASTLES IN SOUTH WALES.00:01:04
LIKE THE CONTINENT,00:01:05
GREAT BRITAIN IS
A DELIGHT TO EXPLORE.00:01:08
WE'RE STARTING
IN THE COTSWOLDS.00:01:10
FROM THERE WE CIRCLE SOUTH TO
WELLS, GLASTONBURY, STONEHENGE,00:01:14
AND INTO SOUTH WALES.00:01:17
WE'RE STARTING
IN THE COTSWOLDS.00:01:20
IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT
TO GET OUT OF THE CAR,00:01:22
AND WE'RE DOING
THAT ON HORSEBACK.00:01:27
THE COTSWOLDS ARE THE
TRADITIONAL HEART OF ENGLAND,00:01:30
FAMOUS FOR QUAINT VILLAGES,
LIKE STANTON.00:01:32
TRAVEL WRITERS TEND
TO OVERUSE THE WORD "QUAINT."00:01:37
I SAVE "QUAINT"
FOR THE COTSWOLDS.00:01:43
THE WOOL
FROM COTSWOLDS SHEEP00:01:45
PROVIDED CENTURIES
OF BOOM TIME,00:01:47
BUT WITH THE RISE OF COTTON
IN THE 19th CENTURY,00:01:50
THE LOCAL
ECONOMY COLLAPSED.00:01:53
PEOPLE MOVED
TO THE BIG CITIES,00:01:55
AND TIME STOOD STILL
IN TOWNS LIKE STANTON.00:02:05
THE VILLAGE CHURCH
OF ST. MICHAEL00:02:07
IS A FUN PUZZLE
FOR ANY HISTORY BUFF.00:02:09
A CHURCH DEDICATED
TO ST. MICHAEL00:02:12
PROBABLY SITS UPON
A SACRED PAGAN SITE.00:02:16
ST. MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL
WHO FOUGHT THE DEVIL,00:02:18
GUARDS THE DOOR.00:02:25
PRE-CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS
DECORATE THE COLUMNS,00:02:28
PERHAPS LEFTOVERS
FROM THOSE PAGAN DAYS.00:02:32
YOU CAN BARELY SEE
A FEW OF THE FRESCOES00:02:35
THAT USED
TO COVER THE CHURCH.00:02:41
THE LIST OF RECTORS GOES WAY
BACK, WITHOUT A BREAK, TO 1269.00:02:49
THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT
WITH WOOL MONEY.00:02:51
IN FACT, GENERATIONS OF SHEEP
DOG LEASHES WORE THESE GROOVES.00:02:55
I GUESS THE SHEPHERD'S DOG
ACCOMPANIED HIM EVERYWHERE.00:03:00
THIS PART OF ENGLAND
STILL HAS ITS OLD WEALTH.00:03:04
PART TERRIER
HERE, SEE.00:03:06
LORD NEIDPATH,
WHOSE FAMILY TREE00:03:08
CHARTS RELATIVES
BACK TO 1202,00:03:11
OCCASIONALLY OPENS HIS HOME,
FULL OF FADED GRANDEUR,00:03:14
TO VISITORS.00:03:16
THIS IS THE GREAT HALL,
BIGGEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE.00:03:20
HOW OLD IS
THIS HOUSE?00:03:22
THIS HOUSE IS
PROBABLY ABOUT 1590,00:03:25
BUT THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING
HERE SINCE 800.00:03:28
YOU STILL HAVE
GATHERINGS IN THIS ROOM?00:03:30
WE HAVE QUITE
A LOT, YES.00:03:32
SO WHAT IS THIS BIG TABLE?00:03:34
THIS IS A VERY TRADITIONAL
ENGLISH GAME00:03:37
CALLED SHUFFLEBOARD,
OR SHOVELBOARD.00:03:40
CAN WE TRY
A COUPLE OF THESE?00:03:44
WHOOPS.00:03:48
OH!00:03:52
OH, A BIT SHORT.00:03:54
WHAT'S THIS FUNNY
LOOKING CHAIR HERE?00:03:55
THIS FUNNY LOOKING CHAIR HERE IS
A CHIPPENDALE EXERCISING CHAIR.00:04:02
SO IT'S SPRINGY.00:04:04
IT'S THE FIRST SORT
OF SPRUNG FURNITURE.00:04:06
AND ALL MODERN OR FAIRLY
MODERN SPRUNG SOFAS00:04:09
ALL DESCEND FROM IT.00:04:11
AND THE THEORY IS
YOU SIT ON IT
LIKE THAT,00:04:17
AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR ARMS UP
ON THESE RAILS HERE,00:04:21
AND THEN YOU
BOUNCE UP AND DOWN--00:04:29
FOR ABOUT HALF
AN HOUR EVERY MORNING,00:04:34
AND IT'S THE 18th CENTURY
EQUIVALENT OF JOGGING.00:04:37
IT SHAKES UP YOUR LIVER.00:04:38
WHAT IS A LORD?00:04:40
WHAT IS A LORD?
IT'S A PEER.00:04:43
THAT'S TO SAY SOMEBODY WHO'S
ENTITLED TO SIT IN PARLIAMENT.00:04:46
ARE YOU A LORD?00:04:48
WELL, I'M NOT ACTUALLY
A PEER, BUT I'M SON OF A PEER.00:04:51
SON OF A PEER, OKAY.00:04:52
THIS IS A RATHER BEAUTIFUL
BIT OF FURNITURE00:04:55
CALLED A WILLIAM AND MARY
SEAWEED MARKETRY CABINET,00:05:00
DONE IN ABOUT 1690.00:05:03
VERY FINE, BEAUTIFUL
FRET WORK.00:05:06
IT'S AS GOOD FRET
WORK ANYBODY EVER DID.00:05:09
AND IN THE DRAWERS OF IT,
I KEEP AMONG OTHER THINGS,00:05:13
FAMILY HAIR, WHICH IS A PACKET,
SEE, CALLED "PAPA'S HAIR."00:05:19
"MY SISTER GAVE IT
ME MARCH 11th, 1771."00:05:22
WELL, PAPA IS THE MAN IN
THAT PAINTING ROUND THERE.00:05:27
AND THAT'S HIS HAIR.00:05:31
WOW.00:05:33
IT SAYS HERE, "PAPA'S HAIRCUT
JUNE THE 5th, THURSDAY, 1755."00:05:37
THAT'S AS FRESH AS
IF IT WAS CUT YESTERDAY.00:05:42
WHILE LORD NEIDPATH SURROUNDS
HIMSELF WITH FAMILY HISTORY00:05:44
IN THE VILLAGE MANOR HOUSE,00:05:46
WE'RE BUNKING WITH
THE COMMONERS DOWN THE ROAD00:05:48
BACK IN STANTON VILLAGE.00:05:57
ENGLAND'S SMALL TOWNS ARE BEST
ENJOYED IN BED AND BREAKFASTS.00:06:04
IN MY BRITAIN GUIDEBOOK,
I RECOMMEND THE VINE,00:06:07
WHERE JILL GABB MIXES
HER PASSION FOR RIDING00:06:09
WITH HER B&B BUSINESS.00:06:11
HERE IS LOUIE RACING,
MY HUSBAND,00:06:13
FOUR AND A HALF
STONE AGAIN,00:06:15
AND THERE'S ME SIDE
SADDLE WITH HIM.00:06:21
ALL RIGHT.
FOUR-POSTER.00:06:23
I BET THE TOURIST
LOVE THE FOUR-POSTERS.00:06:26
IT'S THE OLDEST
PART OF THE HOUSE.00:06:28
REALLY?00:06:29
IS THIS ORIGINAL?00:06:30
YES, 400 YEARS.00:06:32
WHAT'S IT MADE OUT OF?00:06:33
OAK.00:06:34
MY GOODNESS.00:06:40
EVERY MORNING WE HAVE
FRIED ENGLISH BREAKFAST,00:06:43
AND AFTER 14 OF THEM,00:06:44
YOU DON'T WANT
TO SEE ANOTHER ONE.00:06:47
A B&B COMES WITH A HEARTY FRY.00:06:49
THAT'S THE TRADITIONAL
ENGLISH COOKED BREAKFAST.00:06:52
GOOD MORNING,
RICK.00:06:53
OH, HI, JILL.
IS THAT HOT?00:06:54
OH, MY GOODNESS,
THAT'S HOT.00:06:56
LET'S PUT THAT DOWN.00:06:57
IT'S NOT ONLY A HEARTY WAY00:06:59
TO START ANOTHER
BUSY DAY OF SIGHT-SEEING,00:07:00
BUT A CHANCE
TO SHARE INFORMATION00:07:02
WITH OTHER TRAVELERS.00:07:04
OH, THIS IS GOOD.00:07:06
I MEAN, IT'S NOT
LIGHT, BUT IT'S GOOD.00:07:14
WE'RE HEADING
SOUTH TO SOMERSET,00:07:16
AND THIS IS CIDER COUNTRY.00:07:18
IN THE PUBS, APART
FROM BITTERS, ALES, AND LAGERS,00:07:21
YOU'LL FIND A NOTORIOUS
HARD CIDER CALLED SCRUMPY.00:07:25
A PINT OF APPLE CIDER IN A PUB00:07:27
COMES WITH MORE MEMORIES IF
YOU TOUR A SCRUMPY FARM FIRST.00:07:31
LOCAL FARMS WELCOME
THE PUBLIC WITH FREE TASTING.00:07:34
LAND'S END CIDER FARM, THREE
MILES NORTH OF GLASTONBURY,00:07:37
IS RUN BY MR. WILKINS.00:07:39
HELLO. HELLO, SIR.00:07:40
ARE YOU MR. WILKINS?00:07:41
I AM, SIR.00:07:42
I'M RICK STEVES.00:07:43
PLEASED TO
MEET YOU.00:07:44
WOULD YOU LIKE
A SAMPLE OF THE CIDER?00:07:47
I WOULD LOVE JUST
TO LEARN ABOUT CIDER HERE.00:07:49
CAN YOU SHOW
ME YOUR FARM?00:07:50
YEAH.00:07:51
MR. WILKINS SHOWS US
THE SCRUMPY PROCESS00:07:53
FROM START TO FINISH,00:07:55
AND FOR HIM EVERY TOUR
HAS ONLY ONE PROPER ENDING,00:07:57
A COOL, REFRESHING SAMPLE.00:08:01
THERE YOU ARE, THEN,
RICK. ALL THE BEST.00:08:03
HERE'S
TO SCRUMPY.00:08:04
CHEERS, THEN.00:08:05
THANK YOU.00:08:07
AH. HEY,
THAT'S GOOD.00:08:09
I'VE SEEN CIDER ALL
OVER ENGLAND IN PUBS.00:08:11
IS APPLE CIDER
APPLE CIDER?00:08:13
WELL, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL
THE REAL SCRUMPY CIDER,00:08:17
THE PROPER
FARMHOUSE CIDER.00:08:19
A LOT OF THE PUB CIDER
IS SORT OF FILTERED00:08:22
AND GASSED
IN CHEMICALS,00:08:23
AND THAT'S NOT
THE REAL, REAL THING.00:08:26
IS IT AS
STRONG AS BEER?00:08:27
YES, IT'S STRONGER
THAN BEERS.00:08:29
DOUBLE THE STRENGTH OF
ORDINARY STRAIGHT BITTER LIKE.00:08:32
SO IT COULD BE
A LITTLE DANGEROUS?00:08:34
WELL, YES.00:08:35
IT'S A BIT POTENT
IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO IT.00:08:38
MAKE YOUR LEGS GO FUNNY
IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT IT.00:08:40
I HEARD A LOT OF PUBS
DON'T SERVE SCRUMPY.00:08:42
NO, SOME
PUBS DON'T.00:08:44
THEY JUST DON'T WANT
TO KNOW IT, NOT NORMALLY.00:08:46
WHY NOT?00:08:47
THEY SAY IT
CAUSES TROUBLE.00:08:49
BUT THERE'S NO
TROUBLE AT ALL.00:08:52
IF ANYBODY DRANK
ENOUGH CIDER,00:08:53
THEY'D LAY DOWN AND GO
TO SLEEP AND NOT FIGHT.00:08:57
WE POPPED INTO A VILLAGE PUB00:08:58
FOR A SECOND OPINION
ON THE WONDERS OF SCRUMPY.00:09:01
HELLO.00:09:02
YOU KNOW, I'D
LOVE A SCRUMPY.00:09:04
DO YOU HAVE
SCRUMPY HERE?00:09:05
CERTAINLY DO.00:09:11
WHY DON'T MANY PUBS ACTUALLY
SERVE THIS FARMHOUSE CIDER?00:09:14
MAKES PEOPLE FIGHT.00:09:16
IS THAT RIGHT?
CHANGES THE CLIENTELE?00:09:17
YEAH.00:09:18
YEAH, YEAH, IT MAKES
THEM VERY ANGRY.00:09:22
IF YOU'RE GOING
TO BE THAT WAY INCLINED,00:09:24
GOING TO BE VIOLENT,
IT WILL MAKE YOU THAT WAY.00:09:26
THIS BRINGS OUT
THE VIOLENCE00:09:27
IN A PERSON
INCLINED TO VIOLENCE?00:09:29
YEP. NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.00:09:31
I'M A LOVER,
NOT A FIGHTER.00:09:32
THERE YOU GO.00:09:34
TOO MUCH OF THAT
AND YOU WON'T BE.00:09:35
[ LAUGHTER ]00:09:38
THE WONDERFULLY
PRESERVED CITY OF WELLS00:09:41
IS IN THE HEART
OF SCRUMPY COUNTRY.00:09:48
TECHNICALLY, A PLACE NEEDS
TO BE THE SEAT OF A BISHOP,00:09:51
IT NEEDS TO HAVE A CATHEDRAL,
IN ORDER TO BE CALLED A CITY.00:09:54
LITTLE WELLS IS ENGLAND'S
SMALLEST CITY,00:09:57
WITH ONE OF ITS MOST
INTERESTING CATHEDRALS00:09:58
AND MEDIEVAL CENTERS.00:10:05
AND THE BISHOP'S PALACE
SHARES ITS FRONT YARD00:10:07
WITH THE LOCAL CROQUET CLUB.00:10:14
VICARS CLOSE IS LINED00:10:16
WITH PERFECTLY PICKLED
14th CENTURY HOUSES.00:10:19
LOCALS CLAIM IT'S THE OLDEST
COMPLETE MEDIEVAL STREET00:10:22
IN EUROPE.00:10:28
BUILT TO HOUSE THE CATHEDRAL
CHOIR AND STAFF, IT STILL DOES.00:10:33
THIS OVERPASS CONNECTS IT
WITH THE WELLS CATHEDRAL.00:10:39
ENGLAND'S FIRST COMPLETELY
GOTHIC CHURCH00:10:41
DATES FROM ABOUT 1200.00:10:47
CANON MELVIN MATTHEWS
INTRODUCED US TO THE CATHEDRAL.00:10:50
WELL, HERE WE ARE.00:10:51
THIS IS THE WEST FRONT
OF WELLS CATHEDRAL.00:10:54
IT CONTAINS THE GREATEST
COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL STATUARY00:10:57
ANYWHERE IN EUROPE.00:10:59
AND ALL OF
THIS WAS PAINTED,00:11:02
FULL OF GOLD, GREEN, BLUE,
YELLOWS, ALL SORTS OF COLORS.00:11:07
AND WHAT IT REALLY IS IS A SORT
OF WELCOME INTO THE CATHEDRAL.00:11:12
THESE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE
SAYING "HI, WELCOME, COME IN."00:11:18
AT THE TOP THERE YOU'VE GOT
THE NINE ORDERS OF ANGELS,00:11:21
AND THEN THE 12 APOSTLES
WITH ST. ANDREW, OUR PATRON,00:11:24
AND THEN CHRIST HIMSELF AT THE
TOP WITH THE HAND OF WELCOME.00:11:28
IT'S SAYING, "COME IN,
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE."00:11:32
INSIDE, YOU'LL BE
WARMLY GREETED--00:11:34
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELCOME TO WELLS CATHEDRAL.00:11:36
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.00:11:37
--GIVEN A MAP
OF ITS HIGHLIGHTS,00:11:39
AND REMINDED HOW EXPENSIVE IT
IS TO MAINTAIN THE CATHEDRAL.00:11:49
LOOKING DOWN THE NAVE,
YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY STRUCK00:11:51
BY THE UNIQUE
SCISSORS ARCH.00:11:54
THIS HOURGLASS-SHAPED
DOUBLE ARCH00:11:56
WAS ADDED IN ABOUT 1340
TO BOLSTER THE SAGGING CHURCH.00:12:01
NEARLY 700 YEARS LATER,
IT'S STILL WORKING.00:12:07
LET'S SEE,
IT SAYS DON'T MISS00:12:08
THE SECOND OLDEST WORKING CLOCK
IN THE WORLD, FROM 1392.00:12:16
THE CLOCK DOES ITS MUCH-LOVED
JOUST ON THE QUARTER HOUR.00:12:19
BACK THEN, JOUSTING WAS
THE FAVORITE SPORT OF KINGS.00:12:26
THIS BISHOP DESIGNED
HIS OWN TOMB00:12:28
TO REMIND US THAT EVEN POWER
LIKE HIS IS TRANSIENT.00:12:32
THE SAME BISHOP WANTED HIS
JESTER BURIED IN THE CATHEDRAL.00:12:35
IT WASN'T ALLOWED.00:12:38
BUT LOOK WHO'S CARVED INTO
THE BISHOP'S TOMB'S CANOPY,00:12:41
PEERING AT THE ALTAR AND
FOREVER GETTING THE LAST LAUGH.00:12:53
TO GET THE MOST OF MY VISIT,00:12:55
I MAKE A POINT TO HIT
THE 5 O'CLOCK EVENSONG00:12:57
TO EXPERIENCE THE CHURCH
FILLED WITH MUSIC AND WORSHIP.00:13:00
♪♪00:13:35
LONG BEFORE
GOTHIC CATHEDRALS,00:13:36
STONE CIRCLES
WERE SACRED SPOTS.00:13:39
STONEHENGE IS A HEADACHE
FOR TRAIN TRAVELERS.00:13:41
YOU HAVE TO CONNECT BY BUS
FROM NEARBY SALISBURY.00:13:44
BUT BY CAR, IT'S A HANDY
REST STOP OFF THE HIGHWAY,00:13:47
A COUPLE HOURS
WEST OF LONDON.00:13:58
STONEHENGE, THE MOST FAMOUS OF
BRITAIN'S MANY STONE CIRCLES,00:14:00
IS AN EASY MUST-SEE.00:14:03
MOST BELIEVE THESE CIRCLES,00:14:05
WHICH ARE AS OLD
AS THE PHARAOHS,00:14:07
FUNCTIONED
AS CELESTIAL CALENDARS.00:14:10
5,000 YEARS AGO,
LOCALS COULD TELL00:14:13
WHEN TO PLANT
AND WHEN TO PARTY00:14:15
ACCORDING TO WHERE
THE SUN ROSE AND SET.00:14:18
IT STILL WORKS
THAT WAY TODAY.00:14:21
ARCHEOLOGISTS FIGURE SOME OF
THESE STONES CAME FROM WALES,00:14:24
OVER 200 MILES AWAY.00:14:26
PROBABLY RAFTED, THEN ROLLED
ON LOGS BY BRONZE AGE PEOPLE.00:14:34
BUT EXACTLY WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN?00:14:36
NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE.00:14:39
IMAGINE LOOKING AT THE RUINS
OF A MEDIEVAL CHURCH00:14:42
AND FROM THAT ALONE TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND CHRISTIANITY.00:14:46
STONEHENGE IS ROPED OFF AND
VIEWABLE ONLY FROM A DISTANCE.00:14:49
BUT ENGLAND IS DOTTED
WITH LESS FAMOUS00:14:51
BUT MORE ACCESSIBLE
STONE CIRCLES.00:14:52
MY FAVORITE, AVEBURY.00:15:01
THE AVEBURY STONE CIRCLE,
JUST 40 MILES AWAY,00:15:03
IS AS OLD AS STONEHENGE
AND 16 TIMES AS BIG.00:15:18
AND BEST OF ALL,
THIS MEGALITHIC PLAYGROUND00:15:20
WELCOMES KIDS,
SHEEP, AND ANYONE INTERESTED00:15:23
IN A MORE
HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.00:15:44
IN ENGLAND'S MISTY PAST,
LEGEND AND HISTORY MIX IT UP.00:15:52
GLASTONBURY WAS A HOLY
SITE BACK IN THE BRONZE AGE.00:15:55
IT'S ALSO CONSIDERED00:15:57
THE BIRTHPLACE
OF CHRISTIANITY IN ENGLAND00:15:58
AND THE BURIAL SITE
OF KING ARTHUR.00:16:02
CENTURIES BEFORE CHRIST,00:16:04
GLASTONBURY WAS MARKED
BY ITS HILL, OR TOR.00:16:07
THIS 500-FOOT-TALL HILL HAS AN
UNDENIABLE GEOLOGICAL CHARISMA.00:16:18
IT'S CAPPED BY
THE RUINS OF A CHURCH00:16:20
DEDICATED TO ST. MICHAEL.00:16:24
REMEMBER,
SINCE ST. MICHAEL00:16:26
WAS THE CHRISTIAN
ANTIDOTE TO PAGANISM,00:16:28
IT'S A GOOD BET THIS CHURCH00:16:29
SITS UPON A
PRE-CHRISTIAN HOLY SITE.00:16:45
FOR CENTURIES TRAVELERS
AND PILGRIMS HAVE COME HERE,00:16:49
NOT ON A QUEST
FOR FINE SOMERSET VIEWS,00:16:51
BUT FOR THE HOLY GRAIL.00:16:53
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA,00:16:56
WHO IS AN UNCLE OF CHRIST,
ACTUALLY CAME TO GLASTONBURY.00:16:59
HE COULD HAVE
SAT RIGHT HERE.00:17:01
JOSEPH WAS A TIN TRADER,00:17:03
AND EVEN BACK IN BIBLICAL
TIMES BRITAIN WAS KNOWN00:17:05
AS A PLACE WHERE
TIN COULD BE MINED.00:17:11
JOSEPH PACKED
SOME UNUSUAL LUGGAGE.00:17:14
ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
IN 37 A.D.,00:17:17
HE CARRIED A VESSEL, OR GRAIL,
CONTAINING THE BLOOD OF JESUS.00:17:21
WITH THAT HOLY GRAIL,00:17:24
HE BROUGHT
CHRISTIANITY TO ENGLAND.00:17:29
THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE
SYMBOLISM OF JOSEPH'S VISIT,00:17:31
BUT IT DOESN'T ACCEPT
THE POPULAR LEGEND00:17:33
OF THE HOLY GRAIL
THAT GREW00:17:35
AS THE STORY OF JOSEPH
WAS TOLD AND RETOLD.00:17:39
THE CHALICE IS A SYMBOL.00:17:41
THE CHALICE IS THE VESSEL WITHIN
WHICH THE HOLY GRAIL IS FOUND.00:17:48
MANY THINK THE GRAIL LIES AT
THE BOTTOM OF THE CHALICE WELL,00:17:52
A NATURAL SPRING AT THE BASE
OF THE GLASTONBURY TOR.00:17:55
IN THE 18th CENTURY,00:17:57
A SERIES OF HEALINGS
HAPPENED AT ONE OF THE POOLS00:17:59
HERE IN CHALICE WELL,00:18:01
AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
VISITED HERE AT THAT TIME.00:18:04
TODAY, OF COURSE, THE HEALINGS
ARE STILL TAKING PLACE00:18:07
BUT IN A MORE
SUBTLE WAY.00:18:09
NOW WE'RE OFTEN
LOOKING FOR HEALING00:18:10
OF THE MIND,
BODY, AND SOUL00:18:12
RATHER THAN JUST
PHYSICAL AILMENTS.00:18:14
BUT MICHAEL ARCHER,
KEEPER OF THE WELL,00:18:16
DEFINES "HOLY GRAIL"
DIFFERENTLY.00:18:19
WHEN WE LOOK WITHIN
THE WELL HERE,00:18:21
WHEN WE LOOK WITHIN IT,
WE SEE OUR OWN REFLECTION,00:18:24
AND THE LEGENDS
SURROUNDING THE CHALICE00:18:27
ARE REALLY FOR US
TO LOOK WITHIN.00:18:29
THAT'S WHERE WE WILL
FIND THE TRUTH.00:18:32
SO IN THAT SENSE,
IT IS SYMBOLIC OF THE QUEST.00:18:42
WHETHER YOU BELIEVE THE WATER
IS RED FROM JESUS'S BLOOD00:18:45
OR JUST RUST,00:18:47
IT IS A FACT THAT ENGLAND'S
FIRST CHURCH WAS BUILT HERE,00:18:50
IN GLASTONBURY.00:18:59
FERTILIZE THE SCANT RUINS
OF THAT FIRST CHURCH00:19:02
WITH THE GRAVE
OF KING ARTHUR00:19:03
AND THE MYSTIQUE
OF THE HOLY GRAIL,00:19:05
MIX IN THE HARD WORK
OF A BUSY MONASTERY,00:19:08
AND GLASTONBURY ABBEY BECAME
ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST POWERFUL.00:19:12
BUT TO HENRY VIII,
ABBEYS LIKE THIS00:19:15
WERE JUST
POLITICAL OBSTACLES.00:19:17
IN 1539, HE
DESTROYED THE ABBEY.00:19:20
FOR EMPHASIS,
THEY HUNG THE ABBOT,00:19:22
DISPLAYED HIS HEAD
ON THE ABBEY GATES,00:19:24
AND SENT HIS QUARTERED
BODY, PRESERVED IN TAR,00:19:26
ON FOUR DIFFERENT NATIONAL
TOURS, AT THE SAME TIME.00:19:33
WITHOUT ITS WEALTHY ABBEY,00:19:35
THE TOWN SANK
INTO A DEPRESSION.00:19:37
BUT GLASTONBURY REBOUNDED.00:19:43
AN 18th CENTURY
TOURISM CAMPAIGN,00:19:45
WITH THOUSANDS
CLAIMING THAT WATER00:19:46
FROM THE CHALICE WELL
HEALED THEM,00:19:48
PUT GLASTONBURY
BACK ON THE MAP.00:19:54
SO, YOU LIVE
IN GLASTONBURY?00:19:56
YEAH, YEAH, I'VE LIVED HERE
ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.00:19:58
WHAT'S THE HOTTEST ITEM
IN YOUR SHOP THESE DAYS?00:20:01
HARD TO SAY REALLY.00:20:06
THINK YOU COULD SELL
ME A BELLY BUTTON RING?00:20:08
HAVE YOU GOT YOUR
BELLY BUTTON PIERCED?00:20:09
LET'S TRY IT.
SHOW ME HOW.00:20:14
THIS IS THE
BASIC RING?00:20:15
YEAH, THIS IS THE BASIC
SURGICAL STEEL RING.00:20:17
WHAT WOULD
THAT COST ME?00:20:19
YOU'RE LOOKING AT
PAYING £6.99 FOR A RING.00:20:21
£6.99, THAT'S NOT
BAD AT ALL.00:20:23
IT'S THE FIRST TYPE OF RING
YOU USUALLY HAVE PUT IN.00:20:25
THAT'S ABOUT THE USUAL
SIZE OF RING00:20:26
YOU'D WEAR
IN A BELLY BUTTON.00:20:28
YOU GOT A PIERCED
BELLY BUTTON?00:20:29
I HAVE INDEED.00:20:30
LET'S SEE.
OH, LOOK AT THAT.00:20:31
THAT'S VERY NICE.00:20:32
I DID IT
MYSELF.00:20:34
TODAY GLASTONBURY IS A NEW-AGE
MECCA FOR TIE-DYED PILGRIMS.00:21:02
NOW WE'RE NIPPING
INTO SOUTHEAST WALES.00:21:04
IT'S SMOOTH MOTORWAY
ALL THE WAY,00:21:06
AND TO SAVE AN HOUR,
WE'RE HAVING A ROLLING LUNCH.00:21:08
WE'VE GOT OUR BAPS.00:21:09
THAT'S ENGLISH FOR BUN.00:21:11
WE'VE GOT LOCAL CHEESES,00:21:13
A TRAVEL-FRIENDLY TUBE OF
ORIGINAL ENGLISH MUSTARD,00:21:17
AND WE'VE OUTFITTED
A WHOLE PANTRY HERE00:21:18
FOR LESS THAN THE COST
OF A RESTAURANT DINNER.00:21:21
SIMON, YOU WANT
ENGLISH, BLEU, OR CHEDDAR?00:21:24
THIS BRIDGE CONNECTS
ENGLAND WITH SOUTH WALES.00:21:28
THE SEVERN RIVER IS THE BORDER.00:21:34
WELCOME TO WALES
OR, CROESO I GYMRU.00:21:39
WE'VE JUST LEFT ANGL0-LAND00:21:40
AND WE'RE IN THE PROUD
LAND OF WALES.00:21:43
IN THE FIFTH
AND SIXTH CENTURY,00:21:44
ANGLOS AND SAXONS INVADED
BRITAIN FROM EUROPE.00:21:50
THEY TOOK THE BEST LAND00:21:52
AND PUSHED THE CELTIC RESIDENTS
TO THE HARSHER FRINGES,00:21:54
WHERE THEY DEVELOPED
THEIR OWN IDENTITY00:21:56
AS THE CORNISH,
SCOTTISH, IRISH, AND WELSH.00:22:00
TODAY WHILE
LIVING TOGETHER,00:22:01
SIDE BY SIDE
IN THE BRITISH ISLES,00:22:03
THESE GROUPS MAINTAIN THEIR
DISTINCT CULTURES.00:22:09
WALES IS SPIKED WITH FORMIDABLE
ENGLISH-BUILT CASTLES,00:22:12
REMINDERS THAT THE FEISTY WELSH
WERE NOT EASILY SUBDUED.00:22:18
CAERPHILLY CASTLE IS
ONE OF EUROPE'S LARGEST.00:22:24
WITH ITS WALL WITHIN A WALL
DESIGN, DRAWBRIDGES AND MOAT,00:22:27
IT WAS CONSIDERED
STATE OF THE ART00:22:29
IN 13th CENTURY
CASTLE DEFENSES.00:22:51
IN SPITE OF ENGLAND,
WELSH CULTURE SURVIVED.00:22:54
FOR A PEEK INTO THE PAST,
VISIT THE MUSEUM OF WELSH LIFE00:22:58
JUST OUTSIDE
THE CAPITAL CITY OF CARDIFF.00:23:01
WITH OVER 30 RECONSTRUCTED
OLD BUILDINGS00:23:03
FROM ALL CORNERS
OF WALES,00:23:04
IT OFFERS TRADITIONAL
CULTURE ON A LAZY SUSAN00:23:07
FOR THE BUSY TRAVELER.00:23:10
THE RHYD-Y-CAR ROWHOUSE
DISPLAYS SIX MINERS COTTAGES00:23:14
PRESERVED AS THEY
MIGHT HAVE LOOKED00:23:16
IN SIX DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.00:23:20
IN 1805, HUMBLE, CANDLELIT,00:23:23
THEY COOKED AT A COMMUNAL
OVEN DOWN THE LANE00:23:26
AND ATE WITH
WOODEN SPOONS AND BOWLS.00:23:30
1895, OIL LAMPS, CHINA,00:23:36
AND A FIREPLACE
DESIGNED FOR COOKING00:23:37
IN THE AGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.00:23:41
IN 1955, ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
STILETTO HEELS,00:23:47
A CHROME TEAPOT, AND TV.00:23:52
THIS WOOLEN MILL
GOES BACK TO 1760.00:23:55
THE WATER WHEEL POWERS
ITS 19th CENTURY MACHINERY.00:24:09
THE LOOM STILL PRODUCES
TRADITIONAL WELSH BLANKETS.00:24:17
NEARBY, THE WISTFUL
RUINS OF TINTERN ABBEY00:24:20
LIE IN THE PEACEFUL
WYE RIVER VALLEY.00:24:22
ONCE THE RICHEST IN WALES,00:24:24
IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1131 ON
A SITE CHOSEN BY NORMAN MONKS00:24:28
FOR ITS TRANQUILITY.00:24:29
IN ITS 12th CENTURY HEYDAY,
A PILGRIM WROTE,00:24:31
"IN A WILDERNESS
THERE'S A DIGNIFIED ABBEY00:24:34
IN THE MIDST
OF SMILING PLENTY."00:24:37
IT WAS A CISTERCIAN
ABBEY UNTIL 1536,00:24:40
WHEN, LIKE
THE GLASTONBURY ABBEY,00:24:42
HENRY VIII DESTROYED IT.00:24:44
TINTERN ABBEY INSPIRED
CENTURIES OF MONKS TO PRAYER,00:24:49
WORDSWORTH TO POETRY,00:24:53
AND TODAY EVEN RUSHED TOURISTS
TO A THOUGHTFUL MOMENT.00:25:01
WORDSWORTH MAY HAVE SAT
RIGHT HERE IN THE 1700s,00:25:04
WHEN HE WROTE, "I FELT A
PRESENCE THAT DISTURBS ME00:25:07
WITH THE JOY
OF ELEVATED THOUGHT."00:25:10
THOUGHTFUL TRAVEL CAN BRING
OUT THE POET IN ALL OF US.00:25:13
I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED OUR TOUR
THROUGH THE HEART OF ENGLAND00:25:15
AND SOUTH WALES.00:25:17
I'M RICK STEVES.00:25:18
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
KEEP ON TRAVELING.00:25:23
IT'S STRONGER THAN BEER00:25:24
YEP.00:25:25
YEAH.00:25:26
IT DOES GIVE YOU A HARD
TIME, IF YOU SIT DOWN,00:25:29
SAY, YEAH,
GET UP, WALK AWAY.00:25:31
GOES FOR
THE LEGS FIRST.00:25:34
♪♪00:25:44
SUCH A SAD SONG.00:25:46
IT'S CHOPIN'S
FUNERAL MARCH.00:25:48
OF ALL THE SONGS,
WHY DO YOU PLAY THAT ONE?00:25:50
IT'S EASIEST.00:25:51
ATTRACTS A ROWDY
CROWD THEN, HUH?00:25:52
YEAH.00:25:54
SOME OF THESE YOUNGSTERS,
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE,00:25:55
IF THEY DRINK COKE,
AND THEY GET INTO A FIGHT.00:25:57
IF THEY DRINK ENOUGH
OF THE CIDER,00:25:59
THEY LIE DOWN
AND GO TO SLEEP.Description:
Watch the new version: https://youtu.be/Y4Syasft_5Y © 2000 Rick Steves' Europe | After touring the manor house of a country lord in the Cotswolds and sampling hard cider near Wells, we go back in time to prehistoric Stonehenge, and the crowd-free stone circle in nearby Avebury. Then we visit King Arthur country at Glastonbury, and visit an evocative ruined abbey in South Wales.
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