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Post by tufta on Jul 6, 2009 14:08:37 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Jul 7, 2009 2:10:53 GMT 1
Bee-you-tee-ful!!! ;D
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 7, 2009 22:31:05 GMT 1
Nice view. Tufta, are you going to supply the thread with your own pics from one of your trips? If not, I will move the thread to another board.
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Post by franciszek on Sept 6, 2009 15:30:09 GMT 1
this looks very beautiful we have a whole county called Cumbria or more commonly kown as The Lake Distict any body know of it very popular with tourists from all over the world
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 8, 2009 22:34:00 GMT 1
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Post by valpomike on Sept 8, 2009 23:34:54 GMT 1
Who were the guys with the horns? They don't look Polish.
Mike
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Post by franciszek on Sept 9, 2009 20:00:58 GMT 1
Yes indeed the lakes are home to many famous people i dont know many names of the poets except Wordsworth i visited his home once which is open to the public.Also Beatrixs Potter the childrens writer,Donald Cambell who lost his life while trying to break the speed record on lake Coniston.The R.A.F also train arround this hilly terrain can be quite immpressive to see. |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 9, 2009 21:06:15 GMT 1
Yes indeed the lakes are home to many famous people i dont know many names of the poets except Wordsworth i visited his home once which is open to the public.Also Beatrixs Potter the childrens writer,Donald Cambell who lost his life while trying to break the speed record on lake Coniston. Yes, Wordsworth was one of them. www.lakedistricts.co.uk/arts_and_crafts/literature/poets.htmlI quite liked his poems. But I prefered Coleridge. Do you know that his poem Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner was exploited by the British heavy metal group Iron Maiden? Great music, nice lyrics I always liked Iron Maiden`s frequent references to history and culture. It made them one of the most valuable metal groups ever.
Hear the rime of the ancient mariner
See his eye as he stops one of three
Mesmerises one of the wedding guests
Stay here and listen to the nightmares of the sea.
And the music plays on, as the bride passes by
Caught by his spell and the mariner tells his tale.
Driven south to the land of the snow and ice
To a place where nobody's been
Through the snow fog flies on the albatross
Hailed in God's name, hoping good luck it brings.
And the ship sails on, back to the North
Through the fog and ice and the albatross follows on.
The mariner kills the bird of good omen
His shipmates cry against what he's done
But when the fog clears, they justify him
And make themselves a part of the crime.
Sailing on and on and north across the sea
Sailing on and on and north 'til all is calm.
The albatross begins with its vengeance
A terrible curse a thirst has begun
His shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner
About his neck, the dead bird is hung.
And the curse goes on and on at sea
And the verse goes on and on for them and me.
"Day after day, day after day,
we stuck nor breath nor motion
as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean
Water, water everywhere and
all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink."
There calls the mariner
There comes a ship over the line
But how can she sail with no wind in her sails and no tide.
See...onward she comes
Onward she nears out of the sun
See, she has no crew
She has no life, wait but there's two.
Death and she Life in Death,
They throw their dice for the crew
She wins the mariner and he belongs to her now.
Then...crew one by one
they drop down dead, two hundred men
She...she, Life in Death.
She lets him live, her chosen one.
"One after one by the star dogged moon,
too quick for groan or sigh
each turned his face with a ghastly pang
and cursed me with his eye
four times fifty living men
(and I heard nor sigh nor groan)
with heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
they dropped down one by one."
The curse it lives on in their eyes
The mariner he wished he'd die
Along with the sea creatures
But they lived on, so did he.
And by the light of the moon
He prays for their beauty not doom
With heart he blesses them
God's creatures all of them too.
Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea
Then down in falls comes the rain.
Hear the groans of the long dead seamen
See them stir and they start to rise
Bodies lifted by good spirits
None of them speak and they're lifelesss in their eyes
And revenge is still sought, penance starts again
Cast into a trance and the nightmare carries on.
Now the curse is finally lifted
And the mariner sights his home
spirits go from the long dead bodies
Form their own light and the mariner's left alone.
And then a boat came sailing towards him
It was a joy he could not believe
The pilot's boat, his son and the hermit,
Penance of life will fall onto him.
And the ship it sinks like lead into the sea
And the hermit shrieves the mariner of his sins.
The mariner's bound to tell of his story
To tell this tale wherever he goes
To teach God's word by his own example
That we must love all things that God made.
And the wedding guest's a sad and wiser man
And the tale goes on and on and on.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 9, 2009 21:22:23 GMT 1
Who were the guys with the horns? They don't look Polish. Mike They probably came from Russia which is close to Mazury Lakes. |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 9, 2009 21:36:52 GMT 1
Now that you say that, they do look Russian.
Mike
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Post by franciszek on Sept 11, 2009 20:27:14 GMT 1
But I prefered Coleridge. Do you know that his poem Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner was exploited by the British heavy metal group Iron Maiden? Great music, nice lyrics no i did not know this i was never into heavy metal being an ex punk rocker but as i age i do like some metal music my friend is a big fan this will be of interest to him |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 11, 2009 21:23:23 GMT 1
no i did not know this i was never into heavy metal being an ex punk rocker but as i age i do like some metal music my friend is a big fan this will be of interest to him In my previous post I used the word exploited. What can you say about the Exploited ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by franciszek on Sept 12, 2009 9:11:11 GMT 1
didnt really like them i was more sex pistols,the dammned,clash etc,and by about 1983 -84 my musical tastes where moving on still like listen to my punk every now and again though.
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Post by valpomike on Sept 12, 2009 20:24:15 GMT 1
There is only one kind of music, and that is Jazz, and Poland has some very great Jazz music. Most of you will not know what great music is Jazz until you get older, and grow up, and Jazz lives on forever.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 22, 2009 17:01:31 GMT 1
Augustow – Venice of the North?
thenews.pl
10.11.2009
Situated in north-eastern Poland and flanked by three scenic lakes, Augustow is one of the winners of Swiss Tourism Awards for destinations which make outstanding use of their natural, historical, cultural and other attractions.
The jury of the Swiss International Holiday Exhibition, which has just ended in Lugano, gave Augustow the top place in the Water City category.
The city can now officially call itself Venice of the North. The organizers were impressed by its efforts to promote its natural attractions - lakes, rivers as well as Augustow Forest – which offer ideal conditions for water sports and other forms of rest and recreation.
The city prides itself on also on the Augustow Canal, a feat of 19th century water engineering, which won the Golden Certificate of the Polish Tourist Organization this year.
The prestigious Lugano fair attracted participants from almost all countries of the world. Alongside Augustow, Poland was represented by the historic city of Krakow, Olsztyn and Lodz.
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Post by valpomike on Nov 22, 2009 19:36:44 GMT 1
Is Olblock, one of the cities, with locks, like this. I hope I spelled the name of the city correct, it is in northern Poland, a very old, smaller city. I spent a few days there, and it was nice.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 22, 2020 18:34:51 GMT 1
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
