tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post2241023046805458254..comments2024-03-28T21:58:56.757+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: Beautiful BylandLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-65686458115653329502015-09-19T20:49:01.444+02:002015-09-19T20:49:01.444+02:00Welcome back, Monica :-)Welcome back, Monica :-)Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-36251976338174355452015-09-19T20:36:09.533+02:002015-09-19T20:36:09.533+02:00I'm back, catching up with your holiday posts ...I'm back, catching up with your holiday posts :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-50161815952604086752015-09-17T06:39:06.061+02:002015-09-17T06:39:06.061+02:00Looking forward to it, Kay!Looking forward to it, Kay!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-67522845028870172452015-09-17T04:40:21.319+02:002015-09-17T04:40:21.319+02:00Since I am so familiar with the Monastery in this ...Since I am so familiar with the Monastery in this county which is also a Cistercian abbey, I have strong feelings when I see the ruins of the monasteries in England. St. Benedict, I must do a post about him!Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-34782624313042633752015-09-12T21:44:10.483+02:002015-09-12T21:44:10.483+02:00I had no idea it was so large! I'd seen one or...I had no idea it was so large! I'd seen one or two photos before, but always only of the front wall with the three doorways and the lower half of the big rosette window. When I walked in and turned right, I couldn't believe how large and well structured it is.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-74936987393060940312015-09-12T20:38:50.496+02:002015-09-12T20:38:50.496+02:00I hope I live long enough (and am fit enough) to v...I hope I live long enough (and am fit enough) to visit these places you are tempting us with. I've been round a lot of ruined abbeys in my time but that looks quite large compared with many.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-61854902838087755972015-09-12T19:31:13.360+02:002015-09-12T19:31:13.360+02:00It's enormous! The expanse is not really visib...It's enormous! The expanse is not really visible from the road, but once you've entered by the main door way and start looking around, you are in for a surprise. At least that is what it was for me.<br />I'd love to spend half a day there, bringing sandwiches and a blanket.<br />Thank you for looking at my posts even from your phone!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-28685508775501262482015-09-12T19:12:39.975+02:002015-09-12T19:12:39.975+02:00Wow, I can see how one could spend hours walking a...Wow, I can see how one could spend hours walking around that place - especially in good photo weather! Meike, just so you know, I've been scrolling through several of your other holiday posts in the Feedly app on my phone, without commenting (because it's such a procedure on the phone going to the actual website to comment) - I'm hoping to find the time soon to go back and have a "proper" look on the computer though. DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-17420978289659675492015-09-12T08:55:54.757+02:002015-09-12T08:55:54.757+02:00You're right, Jenny. It is a combination of we...You're right, Jenny. It is a combination of weather, company (or the lack of it), our personal mood etc. that marks the atmosphere of a place for us. I love returning to the same spot in different seasons and weather, to note the changes, but of course there are many where I've been only once and will most likely never return.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-83438092014253422532015-09-12T08:54:22.854+02:002015-09-12T08:54:22.854+02:00I am sorry that my post made you think of all the ...I am sorry that my post made you think of all the awfulness that's going on in other parts of the world right now, and made you upset.<br />Yes, I kept thinking of those who worked and lived there so many centuries before me, too. What would they feel like if they saw the place in its present condition?Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-21985131695374739672015-09-12T08:53:09.752+02:002015-09-12T08:53:09.752+02:00Solitude and majesty describe it very well!Solitude and majesty describe it very well!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-66492923835859142772015-09-12T08:52:51.567+02:002015-09-12T08:52:51.567+02:00Bitter sweet, yes, Terra, that fits it.Bitter sweet, yes, Terra, that fits it.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-72460057987170874012015-09-11T22:27:39.857+02:002015-09-11T22:27:39.857+02:00It looks like a beautiful place. I'm also inte...It looks like a beautiful place. I'm also interested in what it is that makes a place so amazing. I do think the setting is important. To me, the weather also is. When I think of places I have seen only once, it is often the way it looks against the sky, how the shadows fall, etc. Sometimes I look at a place in the rain and imagine it in the sunshine, and it seems quite different to me. Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-13091444756616948732015-09-11T21:56:29.853+02:002015-09-11T21:56:29.853+02:00Very beautiful, indeed.....It makes me think a lot...Very beautiful, indeed.....It makes me think a lot about the people who built it and the people who lived there. Lucky that you were able to read your Aunt's book. It makes me so sad to think of the destruction that took place. People have created so many things which are beautiful and meaningful and others have torn them down and still are. I think I am going to have to concentrate on the way in which the creative spirit never dies or I will be too upset. Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-76550489311882099312015-09-11T20:52:21.697+02:002015-09-11T20:52:21.697+02:00It is wonderful in its solitude and majesty. It is wonderful in its solitude and majesty. Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-52440251736022210072015-09-11T19:00:53.598+02:002015-09-11T19:00:53.598+02:00I can see why this place captured your heart. It i...I can see why this place captured your heart. It is so bitter sweet to see ruins which Henry VIII caused when everything was stripped from so many abbeys. I hope you return to spend more time and share more beautiful photos with us.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com