(The first in a series of posts about my new home town!)

Forgive me if, over the coming weeks, you get a little inundated by photographs from my new home town of Glastonbury in Somerset!

As mentioned previously, it’s only direct connection with the music festival is its name, and it was never this that drew me to Somerset.

The town is very open to people of different faiths, beliefs, and lifestyles, and the residents – myself included – are often drawn to live here by way of some unknown, unfathomable force.

For the uninitiated, the small market town is extremely Bohemian and accepting of most things. You can happily wander down the High Street and pass people wearing steampunk clothing, or fairy wings, or flowery headbands, or kaftans, or tie dye, or Hunter boots and wax jackets, or all of the above. Tourists are often a little stunned by this diversity; you can tell the locals by the fact they are totally nonplussed by this.

The shops in the town are just as diverse as the people who frequent them (and this, in fact, has helped Glastonbury retail stay afloat while other High Streets have suffered a downturn over the last decade or so).

My first post dedicated to the town, therefore, highlights these retail establishments, in all their diversity and colour.

(Click on an image to see a larger version.)

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