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Hi, I'm travelling with folk who want to visit Buckfast Abbey before Glasto starts. Does anyone know the logistics of this and if it's worth going past the fest to turn back to it, traffic later on in the ngiht, etc?

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Hi, I'm travelling with folk who want to visit Buckfast Abbey before Glasto starts. Does anyone know the logistics of this and if it's worth going past the fest to turn back to it, traffic later on in the ngiht, etc?

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You're talking about 100 miles extra past Glastonbury.

To visit one of the most shit towns in Devon (I used to live in the next town along - also shit, but not as shit) with nothing there at all.

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Its about another 2 hour drive further on at least. Its in deep Devon. After just passing Bristol coming down the M5 you'd see Glastonbury Tor way off to the west about 20-30 miles away in your view. You then pass all the way past Somerset and go past Exeter until you see the brown heritage sign for the Abbey. Its then a 15 or so mile long twistyish road to get to the Abbey I seem to recall. Oh and THEN you have to go all the way and across into deepest Somerset again...countryroadtastic...in the dark? Fun!

Other than meeting the monks...is there much point visiting? Just buy your filthy Nedjuice in Scotland and decant it into plastic bottles before you arrive. :P

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You're talking about 100 miles extra past Glastonbury.

To visit one of the most shit towns in Devon (I used to live in the next town along - also shit, but not as shit) with nothing there at all.

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Like the other have said, its not really worth it unless you are going to appreciate the Abbey itself.

I don't even think the wine is produced on-site anymore, so ya not likely to get a tour or get anything special or cheaper.

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Did anyone see the Panorama type BBC doco that was on the other week about the filthy stuff?

Lots of lovely incidents of violence and deaths associated with the quaffing of this fortified wine.

Mmm...sounds lovely!

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Its about another 2 hour drive further on at least. Its in deep Devon. After just passing Bristol coming down the M5 you'd see Glastonbury Tor way off to the west about 20-30 miles away in your view. You then pass all the way past Somerset and go past Exeter until you see the brown heritage sign for the Abbey. Its then a 15 or so mile long twistyish road to get to the Abbey I seem to recall. Oh and THEN you have to go all the way and across into deepest Somerset again...countryroadtastic...in the dark? Fun!

Other than meeting the monks...is there much point visiting? Just buy your filthy Nedjuice in Scotland and decant it into plastic bottles before you arrive. :P

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What sensationalist tripe :P

It's lovely stuff, but like a lot of things is abused - look at the bad rep Stella has got, does this make it a "filthy" larger? not at all, its just strong.

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I'm unsure on the whole Stella thing having a "chemical" or whatnot in - I've seen no clinical proof, only heresay. However, from personal experience I will agree that drinking Stella has a slightly different feeling to drinking other premium beers around the same strength.

I proposed to a friend of mine that Old Rosie cider had "special powers" akin to Stella, because it defo gets you more f**ked than similar strength ciders - so he nicknamed it "WestCountry Wife Beater" :P

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I proposed to a friend of mine that Old Rosie cider had "special powers" akin to Stella, because it defo gets you more f**ked than similar strength ciders - so he nicknamed it "WestCountry Wife Beater" :P
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I'm unsure on the whole Stella thing having a "chemical" or whatnot in - I've seen no clinical proof, only heresay. However, from personal experience I will agree that drinking Stella has a slightly different feeling to drinking other premium beers around the same strength.

I proposed to a friend of mine that Old Rosie cider had "special powers" akin to Stella, because it defo gets you more f**ked than similar strength ciders - so he nicknamed it "WestCountry Wife Beater" :P

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I kinda agree. But to an extent, isn't the answer "because it's nice"?

Let's face it, alcohol is delicious and it makes you feel good (in the short term).

It's a bugger that for some people, it's fiendishly addictive (I have friends who have succumbed to this -- it isn't pretty).

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15 yards is much more accurate.

Tho it's more like half a mile. :P

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I don't even think the wine is produced on-site anymore, so ya not likely to get a tour or get anything special or cheaper.

The wine never was as far as I know - I'm pretty sure it's always been the shit imported wine that no one in France would ever buy. They put the herbs into it to try and turn it from paint stripper into something more drinkable, tho they fail.

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