tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post4696073812950255584..comments2024-03-29T08:14:16.520+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Always Something NewLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-7558334441439727422015-09-19T20:54:42.144+02:002015-09-19T20:54:42.144+02:00Me too, Monica. Abandoned/ruined places always hol...Me too, Monica. Abandoned/ruined places always hold a special attraction for me.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58957548157164574852015-09-19T20:09:27.294+02:002015-09-19T20:09:27.294+02:00For some reason I always loved exploring old ruins...For some reason I always loved exploring old ruins. Lots of nice pictures here! :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-28964245293013609232015-09-01T19:35:46.364+02:002015-09-01T19:35:46.364+02:00It's a great compliment for me to know that my...It's a great compliment for me to know that my posts inspire you and make you want to do some exploring in the areas I describe. Life does have a habit to get in the way of our good plans and intentions sometimes, doesn't it!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-15522312490410682192015-09-01T10:45:21.981+02:002015-09-01T10:45:21.981+02:00I know I've said it before when I've been ...I know I've said it before when I've been reading your Yorkshire posts but I really must make the time to do some exploring. Your posts always inspire me when I read them and then real life kicks in again. Oh dear.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-8860263506662508072015-08-31T19:36:21.474+02:002015-08-31T19:36:21.474+02:00No, I've never been to Beverley, but I've ...No, I've never been to Beverley, but I've just looked it up on yorkshire.com and they called it "one of the best places to live in the UK" and "one of Yorkshire's best kept secrets".<br />I don't drive, but my sister can, and maybe she'll muster up enough courage next year to drive on the "wrong" side of the road, so that we can hire a car.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-62390285258973866082015-08-31T19:00:42.856+02:002015-08-31T19:00:42.856+02:001960's? Surely you mean the 1980's? Ripon...1960's? Surely you mean the 1980's? Ripon seemed miles away from my village just east of Beverley* . There was much excitement and on the back seat I snogged with Susan Dean. It was my first ever proper kiss but I didn't write about that in my notebook!<br /><br />* Have you been to Beverley? The Minster, St Mary's, The Westwood and the marketplace are all worthy of a visit. And you can drink some beer in the amazing "White Horse" pub (Nelly's). I guess it would be an awkward journey from Ripon but maybe you could hire a car for a couple of days if either of you can drive.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-39096604768363788002015-08-31T18:39:19.961+02:002015-08-31T18:39:19.961+02:00PS: It is nice to imagine a little Yorkshire Puddi...PS: It is nice to imagine a little Yorkshire Pudding, armed with sandwiches and a notebook, coming to Fountains Abbey on school trips in the 1960s!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-16551402676944502402015-08-31T18:38:09.341+02:002015-08-31T18:38:09.341+02:00To think that, originally, Fountains Abbey was fou...To think that, originally, Fountains Abbey was founded by 13 monks who wanted to get back to the simpler life they were missing in their wealthy, decadent abbey in York! They just about survived their first hard winter, nearly starving and freezing to death. Of course none of those original monks lived long enough to see their modest abbey rise to such importance that it became one of the wealthiest and largest ones in all of England.<br />Apart from making money and controlling the locals, the abbeys also did a lot to promote agricultural, culinary, medical and (to an extent) historical science. They provided many jobs and an education to those who would have otherwise had no access to neither work nor learning.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-33529809520601620982015-08-31T18:29:40.436+02:002015-08-31T18:29:40.436+02:00Thank you, Kristi! I am glad you enjoy my photos a...Thank you, Kristi! I am glad you enjoy my photos and descriptions. I am very much a Yorkshirephile :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-19401783288954788562015-08-31T18:28:42.272+02:002015-08-31T18:28:42.272+02:00There were signs next to each tree, not only givin...There were signs next to each tree, not only giving the name of the variety but also what it would have been most used for: cooking, baking, cider-making and so on.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-17310393583138687402015-08-31T16:05:12.325+02:002015-08-31T16:05:12.325+02:00No wonder the grateful Mayor of Ripon sent you a c...No wonder the grateful Mayor of Ripon sent you a cheque for three hundred guineas! Fountains Abbey is a lovely place to visit. When I was a kid in my village primary school we had two exciting school trips to Fountains Abbey. We had to take sandwiches and bottles of pop or flasks of tea. and we had to write things in our notebooks and make sketches. Back then I wasn't really aware of how influential religious orders were in the middle ages. It wasn't so much about worshipping God, more about making money and controlling the local populace.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-77816892118691022252015-08-31T15:58:30.995+02:002015-08-31T15:58:30.995+02:00Wonderful photographs, again. I love the idea that...Wonderful photographs, again. I love the idea that the changes at Fountain Abbey seem such good ones. A beautiful orchard of heritage apple trees. A workshop in the mill. I love the twisted weathered tree and the fallow deer. I am more than a bit of an Anglophile!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-4496828329210915382015-08-31T13:37:52.363+02:002015-08-31T13:37:52.363+02:00Beautiful! And i love the idea of heritage variet...Beautiful! And i love the idea of heritage varieties of apples growing in the orchard.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-45177343191916770092015-08-31T11:48:26.861+02:002015-08-31T11:48:26.861+02:00The day was more beautiful and sunny than the pict...The day was more beautiful and sunny than the pictures make it look. We loved all the flowers, and the green, green, green everywhere! Germany, in contrast, looked mostly brown and yellow due to the long heat wave with as good as no rain.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-7503797456878763812015-08-31T11:34:18.957+02:002015-08-31T11:34:18.957+02:00Lovely pictures. I looked at this post and thought...Lovely pictures. I looked at this post and thought "this is how England ought to be" - and of course it often is. Well, makes up for looking out at the rainy old London street which is what I am doing now! :)<br />I think that wild flowers are particularly good at this time of year. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com