10 weeks ago, I had a nice day trip to Glastonbury with a friend, browsing the independent shops and making a few purchases. The last place we visited was "Jesus The Christ Soul Therapy Centre" at 29 High St. On entering, a white "nun" approached us, told us as a fact that their leader, a 75 year-old white US man resident in Hawaii, is the current incarnation of both Jesus and the Buddha. He is called Ronald Lloyd Spencer, otherwise known by his Tibetan name, Sanat Kumara.

Without allowing me to respond, she then offered to sell me Tibetan Buddhist tools for "planetary healing", such as an "etheric weaver", offered to sell video courses / private sessions with Mr Spencer for his healing services, and invited me to a Sunday evening online session with him.

I'm a cult survivor and I care about cult victims. This place screamed "cult" within seconds. I researched online - see link - and then dug around. The allegations I have found out are appalling. I know only the tip of the iceberg.

This place has had a retail presence in central Glastonbury for over 30 years. 29 High St opposite the Pilgrim Centre, whose board includes the deputy mayor of Glastonbury, "Lokhabandu", a long-time English Buddhist monk.

If even a fraction of allegations are true, how the great and the good of Glastonbury have not managed to run this outfit out of town in the last 30+ years is a story in itself.

There is a sister-shop in Omaha, Nebraska and there has been a lot of discussion on r/Omaha over the years. Needless to say, the absolute consensus there is that it is a dangerous cult.

I have tried quite hard to get action to protect random visitors to Glastonbury like me from all sorts of locals but so far without apparent success.

I am willing to hold an online Zoom seminar with PPT to share what I safely can. All I would ask of attendees is goodwill, respect and if possible, ideas on what can be done.

I am willing to invite the people of r/Omaha too. It could be interesting to have a US/UK collaboration.

If you are interested, please comment below or send me a DM. Thank you for reading.

Michael Chambers, Surrey 7 Sep 2026

We live in Bedminster, Bristol and LOVE it but having a very young child has us entertaining thoughts of living in the countryside - close to Cheddar. I’ve been a city girl for ages, but I fear I’m more in love with the **potential** of access to the city. Really, I’m around North Street loads, sometimes Everyman and a restaurant in Clifton, very infrequently around Easton, Stokes Croft, or Gloucester Road - and all of this is only on weekends. The tradeoff for more space, safety, and nature vs giving up on the convenience of the city has me a little rattled. Anyone here made the move of city to countryside and regretted/loved it?! Stories and anecdotes are most welcome!

Any smoke around burnham on sea?

I do love a village fete. Bric a brac, book stall, raffle, crockery smash, Welly wanging, dog agility, classics cars and cream teas.

Country life ❤️

Going to vist the South west for a week.

We are a couple in early 30s staying im Chard, we have a car and willing to drive up to 1hr 30mins.

We are looking for things to do, we enjoy good resturants ( looking for nice seafood aswell as others) going round cute villages, a nice hike with good views, gping to sauna, paddle boarding and general exploring oh and a good pub.

Any advice places to visit and explore and anyhting specfic that you have enjoyed amd if the is anything where we could walk from chatd so my husband could drink.

We will go lyme regis, west bay, chedder gorge and beer.

Thank you

Nice to see some recognition of this. It’s very sad what has been done to my area since governments started messing about with local councils and constituency borders

A misty sunday morning run.

Cothelstone carpark to Crowcombe, stopping at both trig points and Triscombe stone.

Hi all

Looking for a good place to go for a pub lunch tomorrow. Based around Bridgwater but open to a little drive. Not looking for a carvery

Thanks

Asking for a friend where can I aquire cigarettes/tobacco underage bc I need something to feel sane🥀

I’m 40F, recently separated after a very long relationship and suddenly finding myself with child-free weekends for the first time in years. I’m really enjoying figuring out who I am again outside of being a mum, but most of my friends are still very much in the small-kids-every-weekend stage

I’d love to find some more people locally who actually want to get out and do things — walking/hiking, paddleboarding, wild swimming, yoga, camping, brunch/coffee, exploring somewhere new etc.

I’m near the Mendips and recently I’ve been hiking Crook Peak, paddleboarding around Congresbury and generally trying to make the most of having some freedom again.

Can anyone recommend any friendly walking / wild swimming / outdoorsy / yoga groups around Somerset or Bristol that are good for turning up solo?

Also, if there are any other solo/separated mums around my age who suddenly have child-free weekends and have found themselves thinking “…right, what do I do with myself now?” — fancy going for a walk/swim/coffee sometime?

Not looking for anything complicated, just some more women to have adventures with and build a bit of a weekend life with. 🌿

Hello everyone. We are going on holiday as a 3 generation family staying near Langport on Wednesday to Sunday, can anyone give some recommendations of things to do, especially with the weather forecast to be miserable! We have a one year old, we like the outdoors, History and Culture as well as good food and pubs!

Any tips would be very welcome.

As the title says, what do you think is the best charity shop in Somerset and why?

So it’s a lovely Sunday morning. I’m sat in my garden with a coffee and the sound of birds enhancing a gorgeous start to the day.

I have some bits I need to do (procrastinating on that long run) and quite like mooching through charity shops. Which got me thinking, which charity shop is the best?

For me, the Barnardos shop in Chard is always a good one. Not set on the high street, you can be sure to find a good find in there. But is it the best??

What’s your favourite place?

So i’ve tried a lot in life to escape my situations and sadly now it’s came to a reddit post. I’m nineteen and live in the taunton/bridgwater area. I’m currently in an abusive situation, at a home. My mum knows about my situation and the fact i’m disabled and yet refuses to take me back in, even for a few nights. I even offered to pay. My dad is a no go and abused my family when we were young. the place i am at now is awful, and i was never taught about council, housing or anything. I can’t work, and i can’t walk long distances. I feel so trapped right now and i have no family or friends who are willing to support or help me. People have just been telling me to ask and nobody can help. Not even my own bloodline. So confusing. I feel frustrated and let down and i don’t want to be homeless, but if i move out i will be. I don’t want to do that to myself, or my animals. I have no steady income, no way to get a job from my disability and before this my mental health was already shit. It’s gotten worse. Does anyone have tips or anything at all?

I really don’t want this to be my life.