Glastonbury Tor and Wells Cathedral have long gazed at each other across the historic Somerset Levels.
‘The English landscape is the richest historical document we possess.’ So wrote W. G. Hoskins in the 1950s and so think I, having feasted on his book since I was a student. Wherever I go, I see our history written into the landscape.
Having got drenched in Cheddar Gorge in the spring, I’ve been looking for an excuse to return to the area and I found it when a…