#hambledon hill

[scotianostra]

On October 14th 1322 a Scottish army led by King Robert I defeated Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland.

Eight years after Bannockburn and two years after the Declaration of Arbroath, the First War of Scottish Independence was still going on, most people don’t know that Edward II tried once again, to take Scotland in this year, perhaps because there was no major battle our history books seem to be bereft of the full details, anyway I will give a wee bit of the details of this English campaign, and the response by King Robert.

After he tasted a sound beating in 1314 at Blackburn Edward II of England refused to recognise Bruce as an independent king. Bruce began raiding Northern England and his brother, Edward, led an invasion of Ireland (which was partly an English colony, more on him later). In 1320 Bruce organised Scottish barons to send a letter to the pope making a powerful case for Scottish independence. But Bruce still faces serious threats. The wounds of the civil war have not healed. In 1320 the Soules Conspiracy to kill Bruce was brutally crushed.

In England, having successfully beaten his rebellious lords at the Battle of Boroughbridge in March 1322 and encouraged by this success, Edward II turned his attention to Scotland and marched on Edinburgh with a large army. This was to be his last campaign into Scotland. Robert responded with his scorched earth policy – ahead of the advancing English, driving out livestock, burning, destroying, trampling crops – so that the English would find no sustenance on the way and would turn back. Famously it was said that the only thing left to eat in Lothian was an old lame cow; the Earl of Surrey is supposed to have said ‘this is the dearest cow that I ever beheld; for of a certainty it has cost a thousand pounds and more’.

Edward reached Edinburgh, but due to the wet weather, lack of shelter and food, his army began to suffer and became apathetic, ill and demoralised. Edward ordered the slaughter of remaining Edinburgh inhabitants (a lot had fled); the English army ran amok and then retreated into England, harried by the Scots, and at around half its original numbers. They straggled back towards York, committing appalling atrocities in their retreat.

In response, Robert the Bruce had taken an army of around 20,000 to the west. Edward heard of this while travelling his way south, and ordered northern lords to attend him around Sutton Bank to assist. Robert the Bruce reached Carlisle and Lancaster, laying waste as he went, and then came across the Pennines to Northallerton where he was joined by Sir James Douglas. Their army marched south overnight, hoping to surprise the English who had by then taken refuge on the Hambledon Hills. He received news that Edward II was at Rievaulx Abbey (or Byland Abbey, accounts differ) and planned, if possible, to capture him to bring the Wars of Scottish Independence to an end. The English heard of the Scottish advance and moved at Old Byland to hold the ridge and block the path up to the top. While awaiting reinforcements, Edward spent his time drinking and feasting at the Abbey. Extra reinforcements from the south supplemented the number of men to a probable 65,000 according to the Lanercrost Chronicle (a northern English history of the day).

Robert the Bruce planned that Sir Walter Stewart (one of his commanders) was to break through to Rievaulx, once the English line had been broken at Roulsden Scar. He could have gone round the ridge and then to Rievaulx, around 15 miles, but decided to attack in case the delay allowed Edward more time to escape. The Scots hid in the trees at the foot of the Scar, shrouded by these and by the smoke from fires.

Bruce assaulted the ridge causing the Earl of Richmond (Edward’s commander) to respond by sending thousands of troops to counter, having the advantage of the heights and in numbers, but Highlanders in the Scottish ranks then attacked up the flanks, being used to mountainous conditions. Bruce and some of his men made their way unnoticed, stealthily, up onto Shaws Moor where the English were encamped and then, through the unprotected rear ranks, charged, roaring, crashing through the English lines, causing the subsequent confrontation to end in a rout. The armies below, hearing the triumphant Scots, looked up to see the Scots on the top of the ridge, causing the remaining English to flee for their lives if they could; the Earl of Richmond was captured, along with other notables.

The Scottish cavalry led by Sir Walter Stewart went after Edward, galloping on towards the Abbey and Edward fled, leaving everything behind, desperately trying to reach the coast at Bridlington to board a ship. He had been settling down to a feast at the Abbey but had had to flee in haste for his life. He managed to evade his pursuers in the dark, but at Bridlington discovered no ship available and so turned for York, riding flat out. From York he managed to make his way to Burstwick and from there, back to London.

The remains of the English army made their way to York seeking protection. Edward had left all his finery, treasure and the Great Seal of England at the Abbey – all then captured by the Scots. The victorious Scots raided the abbeys and made their way back north after plundering and moving through into the Wolds as far as Beverley. York was a fortified city and so was spared. Robert’s army set about making castles unusable and demanding payment from towns and villages – those that could not pay were looted and burnt. The monasteries and priories tried to save their wealth by moving their riches south before the Scottish army arrived, but had to pay heavily and never really recovered their former riches. The treasure gathered on the way back to Scotland helped Robert to make a start rebuilding his realm.

It is said that after Byland “the Scots were so fierce and their chiefs so daring, and the English so cowed, that it was no otherwise between them than as a hare before greyhounds.”

If you have ever driven south down the A1 you will no doubt know of Scotch Corner, but there are two Scotch Corners in Yorkshire – one on a well known major road – and the other, thought to be on the site of the Battle of Byland, is a little to the north of the village of Oldstead, on the promontory of the hill by Sutton Bank known as Scots Corner, or Scotch Corner. An old ‘drovers road’ runs through the site, used by the Scots in later centuries to bring livestock south to sell. There used to be an inn there – the Scotch Corner Inn. When this and the farmhouse fell into ruin, rather fittingly a chapel was built out of the old stone in 1957 to honour war dead in the Second World War, on the site of the battlefield.

It would be another 6 years before a formal peace treaty between the two countries was signed.

[transgenderer]

Long barrows are a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BCE, during the Early Neolithic period. Typically constructed from earth and either timber or stone, those using the latter material represent the oldest widespread tradition of stone construction in the world. Around 40,000 long barrows survive today.

The structures have a long earthen tumulus, or "barrow", that is flanked on two sides with linear ditches. These typically stretch for between 20 and 70 metres in length, although some exceptional examples are either longer or shorter than this. Some examples have a timber or stone chamber in one end of the tumulus. These monuments often contained human remains interred within their chambers, and as a result, are often interpreted as tombs, although there are some examples where this appears not to be the case.

The purpose and meaning of the barrows remains an issue of debate among archaeologists. One argument is that they are religious sites, perhaps erected as part of a system of ancestor veneration or as a religion spread by missionaries or settlers. An alternative explanation views them primarily in economic terms, as territorial markers delineating the areas controlled by different communities as they transitioned toward farming.

In some cases, the bones deposited in the chamber may have been old when placed there.[17] In other instances, they may have been placed into the chamber long after the long barrow was built.[17] In some instances, collections of bone originally included in the chamber might have been removed and replaced during the Early Neolithic itself.[36]

The human remains placed in long barrows often included a mix of men, women, and children.[33] The bones of various individuals were often mixed together.[33] This may have reflected a desire to obliterate distinctions of wealth and status among the deceased.[33] Not all of those who died in the Early Neolithic were buried in these long barrows, although it remains unknown what criteria were used to determine whose remains were interred there and whose were not.[37] Large sections of the Early Neolithic population were not buried in them, although how their bodily remains are dealt with is not clear.[26] It is possible that they were left in the open air.[26]

It is also not known where the act of excarnation (removal of flesh from bones) took place prior to the deposition of bones within the chambers.[36] Some human bones have been found in the ditches of causewayed enclosures, a form of Early Neolithic earthen monument, while evidence for the Early Neolithic outdoor exposure of corpses has also been found at Hambledon Hill.[36] The postholes found in front of many long barrows may also have represented the bases of platforms on which excarnation took place.[36]

Sometimes human remains were deposited in the chambers over many centuries.[17] For instance, at West Kennet Long Barrow in Wiltshire, southern England, the earliest depositions of human remains were radiocarbon dated to the early-to-mid fourth millennium BCE, while a later deposition of human remains was found to belong to the Beaker culture, thus indicating a date in the final centuries of the third millennium BCE; this meant that human remains had been placed into the chamber intermittently over a period of 1500 years.[17]

[ianwatts]

On Hambledon Hill

[bookloversofbath]

Dover: The Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery :: Vera I. Evison

Dover: The Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery :: Vera I. Evison

Dover: The Buckland Anglo-Saxon Cemetery :: Vera I. Evison soon to be presented for sale on the impressive BookLovers of Bath web site! London: Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, 1987, Hardback in dust wrapper. Number 3 in the series. Includes: Distribution maps; Line drawings; Graphs; Black & white plates; Maps (some colour); Tables; 2-column text; From the cover: The…

[superbnature]

Hambledon Hill Autumn early morning light by DavidRThompson

[connor-burrows]

Hambledon Hill Autumn early morning light by DavidRThompson

[1122deactivated2211]

Hambledon Hill, Dorset, England. 7th February 2009. X

[contremineur]

Driving from Hambledon Hill back to Doles Ash, Dorset — November 2020

[asbcblog]

TOP SONGS OF 2020 WRITE UP!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WDeuRMOV8neAhU2zd193d?si=lZ9gDIp0TsCCEOeCS7_QGw

1. I remember everything - John Prine

I was going to write an incredibly earnest and long review of this song that outlined just how much John Prine meant to me. I can’t really do it and I think this song probably says enough alone. With only a few chords he always manages to express all the little things that make love what it is, all different kinds of love. Long lasting, short moments, love with places, sounds, going places and staying home, endless family ties, and the often fragile but in the end tenable love between all human beings in the face of catastrophe. The pandemic stole a lot of things from a lot of people this year, including John Prine, but he will remain one of the greatest songwriters of all time and his songs will live on forever.

2. Dream Palette - Yves Tumor

I can’t drive but let’s pretend I’m driving, I’m in LA and it’s night time or something, my elbow’s out the window, don’t know why I’m wearing sunglasses, this song comes on the radio, I’m the coolest person alive.

3. Boylife in EU- Yung Lean

Not to repeat my review of Garden but when the chorus comes I feel like I’m on top of a really big hill and its pouring it down with rain and im screaming but this time its because of a no-deal Brexit.

4. Garden- Joseph Futak

My review was already used as part of Joe’s promo campaign and it said: “feel like im on top of a really big hill and its pouring it down with rain and I’m screaming when the drums come in x x”

5. Circle the Drain- Soccer Mommy

I like this song because I too, am often alone in my room, and I have also become obsessed with subtle breakbeats to an extent where people around me have become very bored of the subject.

6. The Brothers William Said- The Innocence Mission

I listened to this song over and over when I was travelling round London in January just after my birthday, it felt like I’d been listening to it for years, like it was in a movie I’d forgotten. It felt at the time like I was saying a lot of goodbyes, recognising that things weren’t really like they used to be.

7. On the Floor- Perfume Genius

Say it with me ladies: I CROSS OUT HIS NAME ON THE PAGE!!!!

8. Shameika- Fiona Apple

She may not believe it but I bet Fiona Apple looked tough with a riding crop.

9. Song for Our Daughter- Laura Marling

Everything about this is fantastic, mellow and bright at the same time. Every part is brought forward individually and no part of this song gets left behind. A stunning vocal from Laura Marling and purposeful lyrics set to a cinematically emotive instrumental. Pure magic as always.

10. Building site outside- Piglet

Not going to lie, I was in a very vulnerable emotional state when I listened to this song for the first time, but I think that makes it no less powerful and just, sad. The lyric ‘she smiled at me so much last time’ is just so simple and devastating that you forget this would’ve been on every indie film soundtrack from 2000-2008 if Piglet was an industry plant.  

11. I wonder- Shamir

One word: EPIC

12. Crimson Tide- Destroyer

Listened to this every time I came on my period this year.

13. In the Dining Room - Joe Pera talks with you

Adam showed me Joe Pera when I really felt incredibly sad at the very beginning of this year. It’s a show that’s made me feel good, no matter the circumstances. This moment in the show made me smile, and I love hearing Gene come in a bit too early.

14. Stupid Love- Lady Gaga

Shakin my little booty in the kitchen to this x

15. Might bang, might not- Little Simz

Livid we didn’t all get to go to End of the Road and see all the hot dad’s loving Little Simz.

16. Fire- Waxahatchee

A truly insane vocal. I listened to this song on my way to work almost every day from September to December and fantasised singing back up at some kind of outdoor gig in the summer and it made everything significantly less bleak.

17. Hannah Sun- Lomelda

This song is too nice and genuine for me to say anything other than, “really lovely song :)”.

18. Scroll of Sorrow- Machine Girl, guayaba

Listened to this a lot this year while sitting on my kitchen floor staring into an empty oven, wondering if I was ever going to go to a party again.

19. Build a nest- Jeff and Ruby Parker

Have put this on in the flat because the guitar solo reminds me of everything my dad listens to at home. A really great piece of music that kicks off a really exciting album.

20. Kiss me thru the phone- That Kid

Ned said yesterday that he thought it was funny how much the original of this song is so foundational to hyper pop and I agree. Also I’ve started saying ‘Bitch’ like That Kid does every time I stub my toe.

21. Cuckoo- Sam Amidon

I am punting down a creek, looking in the branches that hang over the water for the bird that shall lead me to my next clue.

22. Places/ Plans- Skullcrusher

Used this song to comfort myself in moments where I also just don’t understand why I’m not famous.

23. Sweetjoy- Jam City

Finally….. HAIM for dudes.

24. Clean Living- Slow Weather

I saw someone listening to this on the side of my Spotify so I decided to give it a go and it was a fantastic decision. It’s mental that half of this song is an outro.

25. Summer All Over- Blake Mills

Along with the music video visuals and the dampened piano tone, this wins the competition for least summer-y song with the actual word summer in the title.

26. Ready Cheeky Pretty- CHAI

All of my joy this year has been brought to me by CHAI. I have nothing negative to say about CHAI. If you have anything negative to say about CHAI you’re gonna have to go through me.

27. Diaphanous- Land of Talk

This band was recommended to me by a guy I was trying to flirt with at rough trade east but everything closed before I could impress him by saying ‘I think they’re really cool’.

28. Anything - Adrianne Lenker

Anyone who has ever attempted to write a song with me knows how much I simply love rhyming. Seriously though, every thing rhymes, brilliant stuff. (It’s also such a brilliantly full and constant song that still manages to move and remain exciting from start to finish. I imagine this is partially due to Adrianne Lenker’s almost nursery rhyme- esque structure and also due to her beautifully colloquial approach to family dynamics.)

29. Blow- Dj Gigola, Kev Koko

This song makes me wish I was Jason Bourne- just wanna jump really far while something explodes behind me.

30. Money Can’t Buy- Yaeji, Nappy Nina 

‘Well I’ll buy some Yaeji tickets, they’re for NOVEMBER, there’s NO WAY they’re gonna get cancelled’.

31. Only the Truth- Johanna Warren

When I first listened to this song I felt like I was floating in the ocean looking up at the stars as the drums came in on ‘what more can I do’. An incredibly beautiful and careful song.

32. Gasoline- Haim

2020 could probably be summarised with the phrase ‘WHY AM I NO LONGER IN CALIFORNIA? WHY DID I LEAVE CALIFORNIA?’ And this song is the 3 minutes 13 seconds seconds of escapism I needed to not topple into a full spiral.

33. Mapuu - Ic3peak

No one can convince me that Ic3peak are real people. They are a collective made up of child ghosts.

34. Don’t Worry- Bladee

Whenever I have an anxiety attack in the night I wake up and see Bladee’s ghost of the future over my bed, he says ‘Don’t worry’ and mumbles for a bit as I fall back into a peaceful sleep.

35. The biggest tits in history- The magnetic fields

The most relatable magnetic fields song imo.  

36. Sand Castle- nijuu

Yujin is a genius and my answer is yes, I do want to just walk for a while.

37. Curl Up- Darren Hayman

Ned reminded me how much I used to love Darren Hayman, and both of them have been a pretty big part of my year.

38. When Will Death Come- Sarah Mary Chadwick

‘Wow, mental voice’ - Ned, while doing the washing up.

39. Dear Dad - Sylvie Wiley

‘But I didn’t cry, you’d be proud’ Sylvie, I’m weeping forever.

40. 34+35- Ariana Grande

Hehehehehehehehehe

41. Garden Song- Phoebe Bridgers

Phoebe Bridgers is a pretty unparalleled lyricist and this song feels like a disconnected series of thoughts that somehow all make sense together and come to create something that doesn’t build, but all just kind of sits? What I’m trying to say is that I don’t really know what she’s talking about but like, I get it.

42. Ringtone (remix) - 100 gecs, Charli xcx, Kero Kero Bonito, Rico Nasty, 

I love the way it sounds like everyone got just one take and had to improvise all the lyrics but it still bangs.

43. Changer- Andy Shauf

Thank you lord for another album about a smaller than average man overthinking all of his social interactions with lots of lovely clarinet parts.

44. What’s your pleasure - Jessie Ware

My pleasure jessie? Probably just sitting by the fire with a tough crossword and a glass of merlot x

45. Slime- Shygirl

Shygirl’s series of singles this year made me even more livid that I had to take out my eyebrow piercing for my new job this year.

46. Sears Tower- Salem

Perfect halloween release.

47. Title track- happyness

Ned turned to me and said: ‘so is their new thing that they sound like Elliot Smith’ and I said: ‘and that’s a bad thing?’

48. Cross-sound ferry (walk on ticket) - Hamilton Leithauser

Have found unbelievable joy in chopping veg and shouting GREEEEEEEN PORT, NEEEEEEWWWW YOOORK alone in my kitchen.

49. Lowswimmer- Hailaker

I’ve loved hearing Jemima’s voice when I haven’t got to see her much this year. I normally take the piss out of the Hambledon line but I haven’t seen that this year really either. I guess we find sentimentality in strange places.

50. XS - Rina Sawayama

This song made me feel very decadent on those days where I didn’t wash.

51. Emily- Clem Snide

Let’s be more kind and brave in the face of it all.

52. Building a fire- Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

P.O.V you’re doing bushcraft in the garden with your husband Bonnie Prince Billy and he’s here to protect you.

53. Asexual Wellbeing- Okay Kaya

This song absolutely bangs but I am truly bewildered by the way they singled out the line ‘if they could put a pulse into a spinach leaf, can they turn the two of us into a tree?’ in the production as if that was a true piece of genius. As I say great tune tho.

54. Anthems- Charli xcx

The soundtrack to couch to 5k

55. Never Better- Kitty Fitz

A SE London queen bringing us huge pop tunes in 2020. So so excited to see what 2021 brings us from Kitty, she’s gonna be a real force!

56. Deep in Love- Bonny Light Horsemen

This is such a delightful song which (mainly due to the time I actually got around to listening to the whole record) for me really rang in the spring. A beautifully recorded testament to the feeling of love getting stronger meaning you have a lot more to lose.

57. Malibu- Kim Petras

My song of the summer, made me feel like I was at the beach when really I was in Lewisham.

58. Like I’m Winning it- Girlpool

I’m so delighted that the turn girlpool have made this year is towards dramatic goth music with breakbeats. Their voices both sound amazing and they look simply incredible.

59. Azad- Frazey Ford

I have no idea what she’s saying as always but I love it.

60. Helio- Charlotte Dos Santos

I’m literally so excited for what Charlotte Dos Santos is gonna put out next. The production is fantastic and her aesthetics are flawless.

61. Lost in the Country- Trace Mountains

‘I checked my email twice as I cried’. Safe to say we’ve all been there this year amirite girlies x

62. Unfold You- Rostam

I hated this at first, I thought, what’s this lo-fi beats to study to shit, but it’s now my classic ‘I’m just gonna pop to the shops, anyone want anything? x’ song. Huge.

63. Oh Yeah- A.G cook

One of 2020s realisations is that me and A.G Cook kind of look like we could be cousins.

64. Can’t cool me down- Car Seat Headrest

I would like to personally thank will Toledo for giving me a tune that got me off my ass when I was too warm to do exercise this summer.

65. Take back the radio- Katy J Paerson

In love with Katy J Pearson’s voice and the way this song builds. Just pretty flawless and feel good in my opinion. I think she’s such an exciting new artist who’s gonna be around for a very very long time.

66. Good Woman- The Staves

‘I’m a good woman’… speak for yourselves.

67. A Little Love- Jack Francis

Feel like I’ve been singing this song for about 5 years! It’s amazing and I’m so excited about what Jack’s going to bring out in 2021, he’s a genius and also the nicest man on the planet.

68. Lullaby No.4 - Snailbeach

This song makes me feel like I’m being hypnotised on a haunted carousel in a very relaxing way.

69. Boyfriend in every city- Roma Radz

Sucks that she can’t see any of her boyfriends cos of covid :(

70. Jaja ding dong- Will Ferrell

Get back in there and play Jaja Ding Dong !!!!

71. Highway- Jonatan leandoer96

Man, would be pretty sick to have 20 boys outside the club but alas the clubs are dead and I’ve only regularly texted about 4 people this year.

72. De nadie- Kali Uchis

Felt v sexy listening to this for the first time in a Morley’s in Honor Oak.

73. Weird Fishes- Lianne La Havas

This album was a pretty triumphant return for Lianna La Havas and me teenage self simply couldn’t be happier.

74. Micro Creature- Aya Gloomy

Love that despite everything about this song telling me otherwise, that the artwork for this single looks like Aya Gloomy is just chilling in the fields by my family home in Hampshire.

75. Si Ella Sale- Bad Bunny

Better get on the duolingo now if I’m gonna know what this guy’s saying at Porto next year.

76. Through my sails- Mountain Man

Truly gentle reimagining of an already incredibly beautiful song, mountain man make every word seem new!

77.Christmas Day (get me outta this funk) - Baggio and Blue 5 Years- Bath days

In joint 77th place are two banging Christmas songs that have soundtracked a pretty bleak Christmas period and have made me feel pretty joyous in their ways, despite one literally being called Blue Five Years.

[ukdamo]

Pendle Hill (excerpt)

William Billington

Great Pendle Hill and Penyghent,

   And lofty Ingleborough,

Ye will not find three grander hills

   And trace old England thorough.

OLD RHYME.

.... A road that reached up to the constellations; A pile of earth, that propped the firmament; A landmark, for the sea-traversing nations; A universe-o'erlooking battlement; A fragment, which from heaven had been rent In god-strife, or the germ of some new world, Which, in almighty anger, had been sent,

On Titans bold with flags against the skies unfurled,

Did Pendle seem to us, a few miles from it; But, when arrived at the gigantic base Of that dread mount, from what had seemed the summit, A loftier hill its dome-like head did raise Through the blue heavens; then, with blank amaze— With speechless wonder—we beheld the scene! E'en cattle stood contemplative to gaze, As though endowed with reason they had been,

Where height had chanted the hill to blue from brightest green.

We breasted her steep brow, close by the side Of one huge wall, which to the hill-top led; We followed in the footsteps of our guide, And by a well sat down to share our bread; The cows, for coolness, to the rivers fled, And, with their tails, lashed off the angry flies; The sheep lay panting on their grassy bed, Half roasted, and complained with bleating cries,

While liquid lightning rained down from the molten skies.

And as we sat upon that skyey mountain, Though we few dainties had, we ate our fill, And drank fresh water, from as pure a fountain As ever was the parent of a rill; While Fancy formed a bridge, from hill to hill, And thought of the tremendous depths below, Whose awful image haunts my memory still, And still my mind its self its self doth overawe

By brooding o'er such thoughts, as none but poets know.

Then gathering up the fragments of our feast, Where maps and scraps, lay scattered on the ground, Like giants with new wine, our strength increased, Broad swamps and dykes were covered at a bound; We ranged the heights of lofty Pendle round Where, gleaming through the dim-blue atmosphere, We saw a cirque of hills, whose heads were crowned With cloudy diadems, and some did peer

Above the clouds, and bask in sunbeams pure and clear.

With Blackstone Edge, and Cribden, and the Pike Of Rivington before us, full in view. Huge Hambledon heaved his broad back, which like Some Titan's form its giant shadow threw On village, and on valley; but the blue Of heaven, through the white clouds of the north, Was glinting glory down; where well we knew Old Skiddaw and Helvellyn, glooming forth,

With Scawfell Pike, appeared the boundary of the earth.

The Ribble, like a silver serpent, wound Her gleaming course down to the estuary By rock and scar, her devious way she found; Through holme and dingle, clough and rugged quarry— Among the meads mid cornfields seemed to tarry, As loth to leave their fair and flowery nooks, And lingering long, as though she meant to marry Those offspring of the hills, the bounding brooks,

In such romantic wise as rhymed in poets' books.

We stood tiptoe on Pendle's highest point And gazed around, until the scanty breast Could scarce contain the heart, that fluttered, buoy'nt, And bounding seemed to fly, as though 't would nest In heaven; then, converging toward the west; And, quite fatigued - bathed in a hot deluge Of sunbeams - soon, the rest sat down to rest, I laid me down and gave my face refuge

Beneath my hat, and slept; and lo! broad, black and huge,

I, dreaming, saw a pyramid arise Spontaneous from the earth; its spire did make A rent in the heaven's blue; and through the skies The top gleamed like a tower through a lake; Its weight did make the mighty Hill to shake, And, trembling, rattle all her rocky bones; Then, falling with the sound of an earthquake, Or, like the rumbling of Jove's thunderstones,

Drew from the stars harsh echoes, loud as Titan's groans!

With that I started up in haste and heat, And saw, ye gods! not Pendle Hill crushed flat! Nor yet an earthquake gaping at my feet, But horror seized my soul, my Sunday hat Was running down the hill with swiftness that Outsped the winds; yet I stood still and staunch— My luckless luck the rest were laughing at— Like some tall tree robbed of its topmost branch,

And saw my "bran-new" hat turned to an avalanche!

As soon as I'd recalled my wandering senses, That is to say when I came to myself, Despairing, I said to myself, "Ah! whence is This calamity?   Some mountain elf, Whose bower I've profaned—perhaps that delf Was haunted by the ghost of ancient Ocean, That guards it as a miser guards his pelf, And, since I of its rights had got no notion,

Has thus endowed my hat with powers of locomotion."

"However, 'tis a marvellous affair! My hat is gone, and, lest my head go next, I'll follow altogether—say some prayer, Or mutter to my God some holy text, To keep at bay the spirit I have vexed— The Queen of Pendle's witches, old and grim, By whose dread power I may be unsexed, Or, like a traitor vile, torn limb from limb,

Except, through supplication, I protected am by Him."

I called to my companions, one by one, Besought their aid, for ills came on me thick; I told them how my wretched tile had gone— My hat, bewitched, had fairly "cut its stick;" Some ran, but I crept cautious down the Nick Of Pendle, and, when meeting at the foot, Two things were there, that touched Mirth to the quick, And shook the Tree of Laughter to its to root,

My locomotive hat, and Hindle's rock-rent boot....

[farehamwinecellar]

Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022

Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022

Wednesday 19th October 2022, 2pm until 7.30pm

@ Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham PO16 7BQ

Tickets £TBC per person – in advance and over 18 years old only please!#

Tickets coming soon.

  Please check back here as we will update regularly.

  Believe it or not, it has been nearly four years since our last Portfolio wine tasting. We are therefore very pleased to announce that we will be holding the Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting this year on Wednesday October 19th 2022.

There will be over 150 fantastic wines and spirits on show with exhibitors coming from far and wide, from Western Australia to Hambledon!

There have been a lot of changes in four years and whilst we have some of our favourite suppliers and people exhibiting, there will also be plenty of new wines to try and new people to speak with.

This will be a walk around wine tasting and spittoons will be provided. Whilst you are welcome to attend from 2pm until 7.30pm (some do!), we can highly recommend spending a good couple of hours at least to make the most of the experience.

  Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022 List of Exhibitors

Churchview Wines – Co-owner and Sales Director Sharon Bosveld is coming all the way from Margaret River, Western Australia to show some of their fantastic wines under the Churchview, Bartondale, St Johns and Silverleaf ranges.

Distell Group Ltd – Distell is one of the most famous wine producers in South Africa, they produce wines including Nederburg and Durbanville Hills. Senior Account Manager Chris Monks and National Account Manager Jonathan Williams will be showing a range of wines.

Domaine Jones – Owner and winemaker Katie Jones, who I am sure needs no introduction, will be bringing some of her excellent new wines and vintages.

EA Vinos – Export Manager Jordi Portillo will be presenting some excellent wines made in central Spain by Manuel Manzaneque Suarez including the ¡Ea! Vinos and the superb Fatum wines.

Enotria and Coe – Territory Manager Paul Milne will be showing wines from Omero in the Willamette Valley, Peregrine in Central Otago and Trimbach in Alsace.

Hatch Mansfield – Represented by Regional Sales Manager James Wilson, Hatch Mansfield are the UK agents for fantastic wineries including Louis Jadot, Champagne Taittinger, Errazuriz and Kleine Zalze.

Hispano Bodegas – Third generation vineyard owner Pablo Rodriguez will be presenting Hispano Bodegas’ ranges of Valdelacierva Rioja and 12 Linajes Ribeira del Duero wines.

Jean-Baptiste Audy – Export Manager Michel Moulene represents Bordeaux negociant and Chateau owner J B Audy in the UK. He will be showing a range of their excellent Clarets.

John E Fells & Sons Ltd – Regional Sales Manager Matthew Nutt will be showing wines from producers including Champagne Henriot, Torres Spain, Torres Chile, Wente Vineyards, Tedeschi, La Crema, The Symington Family, Blandy’s Madeira and Pellegrino Marsala.

Mentzendorff – Regional Accounts Manager Clive Ashby will be showing wines from Hambledon Vineyard, one of the best sparkling wine estates in Hampshire and other wines including Hamilton Russell.

Orion Wines – Orion Wines are specialist in Southern Italian wines, their Zensa and Borgo dei Trulli ranges are superb. Export Manager Elena Ciurletti will be presenting.

Raymond Reynolds Ltd – Proprietor Raymond Reynolds is one of the leading importers of wines from Portugal including wines and Ports from Dirk Niepoort, Madeira from Barbeito and many other producers.

Waddesdon Wine – Waddesdon Manor is the UK headquarter of the Rothschild Wine Collection. Accounts Manager Paul Tompkins will be showing some of the Lafite-owned wines including Los Vascos from Chile and Bodegas Caro from Argentina.

The post Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022 appeared first on Fareham Wine Cellar.

from You searched for wine | Fareham Wine Cellar https://ift.tt/4VRdkGB

[ianwatts]

Hambledon Hill

[floweringpoverello]

Under a Pink Stupendous Sky

Under a Pink Stupendous Sky

. The crows fly Along invisible lines . Under a pink Stupendous sky . In the peace of the village Tonight. . Hambledon Hill Stands so still . And Okeford Hill And Shillingstone Hill . And this is our home Where the Stour wanders . Under bridges Alongside meadows . And buzzards circle Overhead. . Shillingstone is the name of a small village in Dorset, England .

[englishmodernism]

Hambledon Hill, Dorset John Piper a 1945 watercolour spitted in the corridor of St Cross College, Oxford at The Fine Press Bookfair dinner on Saturday night. The sheer quality of the books on show was just jaw dropping. #johnpiper #recordingbritain #hambledon #stcrosscollege #finepressbookfair #oxford

[hammerbottoms]

Review of 2020 Season

Summary

The season was disrupted by Coronavirus. However, while at one point it looked like we may have no season at all, we were able to reschedule a number of matches and had eight games in total starting on 18th July. We won two; drew two; and lost four. The game against Harry Baldwins was rained off. Sadly, both planned tours, to Copenhagen and Ireland, were deferred (hopefully to 2021) and the matches against Blenheim and Gentlemen of Bedales were cancelled. Also cancelled was the planned golf outing to Cornwall.

We have now played in a total of 18 countries and on 45 different grounds…and, hopefully, we still have the energy to increase both these numbers.

Mad Hatters                                                                            Lost

A 70 over game at Elsted. Bottoms batted first but only managed to score 143 for 7 after 40 overs. James Maxwell top scored with 31, Pacer Scholfield scored 25 not out and James Blake a gritty 19 not out at the end. The Mad Hatters, playing with a determination to avenge previous defeats, passed the target in only 24 overs with the loss of just three wickets, one each from Pacer Scholfield, Rishi Deb (a great catch from debutant Bottom, James Whitehill) and James Maxwell. An early contender for the season’s most expensive over came from Charlie Meade-King with 16 runs scored off it.

Hambledon Invitationals                                                       Lost

A 70 over game at Lurgashall. Hambledon batted first and scored a creditable 213 runs off 32 overs. Wickets from Dick White (4), Richard Reincke (2), Pacer Scholfield (2), Callan Green (1) and Adam Saward (1). Despite good innings from Dick (40) and Pacer (34 not out), and double figures from Adam Saward (14) and Andrew Mackenzie (10), we struggled to get runs on the board and we were all out for 118. A Draw looked achievable but Dick was stumped on the last ball handing a deserved victory to Hambledon.

Arundel Grasshoppers                                                        Drawn

A timed game on the iconic Arundel Castle ground. Arundel batted first and scored 198 for 3 after 39 overs. A wicket each, all bowled, for Adam Saward, James Maxwell and Callan Greene. An inspirational innings from their 65 year old opener who scored 100 not out. In reply, despite a first wicket stand of 45, the Bottoms scored only 114 for 9 in our 35 overs with Charlie Meade- King and James Blake defending the last wicket to secure a Draw. Runs from Pacer Scholfield (27), Dick White (25), James Maxwell (22) and Rishi Deb (20)

White Hunters                                                                        Lost

A 70 over game at the beautiful Coldharbour Cricket ground on Leith Hill which, at 800 feet above sea level, is the highest ground in Surrey. The White Hunters batted first and amassed a daunting 291 for 8 after their 35 overs. Two wickets for Rishi Deb and one each for Callan Greene, Dick White (an amazing catch by Callan at backward square leg), Hugh Fox, David “Chucker” Vernon and Richard Pertwee.  After an absence from cricket for a while, Hugh’s first over cost 22 overs which secured him the Most Expensive Over of the season. Our batting was disappointing with the Bottoms all out for 95 runs, of which 15 were extras. We had four Ducks and only three Bottoms getting double figures, David Vernon (35), Dick White (12) and David Graham (19)

Lynchmere                                                                               Won

A timed game at Lynchmere. Lynchmere batted first and were all out for 145 after 41 overs. Four wickets each for Pacer Scholfield and Callan Greene, and one each  for Dick White and Martin Waterhouse. Rishi was unlucky to not get any wickets after bowling tightly for nine overs and only giving away 23 runs. (over 12 missed / dropped catches were recorded, including some off  Rishi’s bowling.) Often this fixture has a close finish and this was no exception…. A strong 65 from Dick White kept us on target but then we slowed down and still needed 22 runs off the last two overs with two wickets in hand…Callan ignored all encouragement to settle for a Draw and got the required runs with one ball to spare. His final total of 31 comprised three sixes, three fours and a single.  

West Meon                                                                                Lost

A 70 over game at Lurgashall. West Meon batted first and declared at 207 for 4 after 32 overs with four of their players retiring at 30, including, fittingly, Jeremy

Sturges playing his last game for the club. There were wickets Pacer Scholfield (3) and Dick White (1). James Maxwell, Rishi Deb, Callan Greene, Adam Saward and Freddie Saward all bowled tidily and unlucky not to get wickets. In reply, sadly, Bottoms were all out for 158 with runs from James Maxwell (34 not out), Rishi Deb (20), Nick Colvin (18), Pacer Scholfield (18) and Freddie Saward (18). Sadly there were Ducks from Dick and Callan, the previous weeks heroes.  

Hermits                                                                                     Drawn

A 70 over game at Lurgashall. Batting with 12 men, Hermits batted first and were all out for 158 after 39 overs. Wickets for Pacer Scholfield (3), Rishi Deb (2), Adam Saward (2), Callan Green (1), Freddie Saward (1) and Dick White (1). The Bottoms were hampered by having only 31 overs to reach the target and ended the game on 144 runs which included runs from Martin Waterhouse (31), Callan Green (24), Freddie Saward (23) and Nick Colvin (16).    

Wimbledon Wombats                                                               Won

A 70 over game at Lurgashall. The Wombats batted first but, sadly, never looked settled with wickets falling steadily. They were all out for 70 in the 21st over with wickets and ruthless bowling from Adam Saward (including a great catch by James Whitehill) (3), Callan “We are not here to f’’k spiders” Green (3), Freddie Saward (2), Pacer Scholfield (1), Rishi Deb ( a superb catch by Callan) (1) and Joe Cuthbert (1) . We got our target within 13 overs with the loss of just one wicket. Great knocks from James Whitehill (32 not out) and Joe Cuthbert (22 not out)…both of whom, together with Freddie Saward, we hope to see more of next season.

Seasons Awards:

Most Runs:                                    Dick White (148)

Highest Innings:                            Dick White (65)

Highest Average (> 4 innings):     Pacer Scholfield (33.3)

Lowest Average (>4 innings):       Mark Elliott & Richard Pertwee (1)

Most Wickets:                                Pacer Scholfield (14)

Best Bowling Average:                  Pacer Scholfield (13.3)

Most Expensive Over:                   Hugh Fox (22 runs)

Most Ducks:                                  Callan Green, Richard Pertwee

                                                       Adam Saward, Martin Waterhouse

Clubman of the Year:                    Callan Green

(Citation: An Ambassador of the “Bottoms Youth Policy”; Played in seven matches; took 11 wickets; scored 65 runs including a match winning innings v Lynchmere; took two memorable catches; encouraged great crowd support, particularly Mel, as well as his future parents-in-law and recruited James Whitehill…..and more youth players in the future, we hope!)

[maryplethora]

hey! im living in london and planning to spend a day in winchester. do you have any places to recommend going? (not only tourist stuff, but cute coffee shops or something you like?) xx ❤

hi! 10/10 choice definitely would recommend winchester for a day out! 

it depends a bit when you’re going, but if you’re going before christmas, the christmas market is definitely worth a visit!! it is super lovely, very crowded, but hella festive. 

for coffee shops, cafe winchester is super lovely, along with caracoli. also, if you’re going for brunch / lunch, josie’s is literally bae and i would 100% recommend you go if you have the chance. honestly bless josie’s. 

if you want a place with a good view, but don’t fancy the full hike that st cathrine’s hill will give you, the st giles hill viewpoint is a fabulous place and a lot of people walk their dogs past there which is always a hella plus. 

also, obviously the cathedral is a good touritsty thing - jane austen is actually buried in it. on top of that, also in the touristy category, the winchester guildhall has king arthur’s round table in it. 

for non-chain shops, we have one called the hambledon, and while it is expensive, it is one of those shops where i rly take my time and just look at every single thing even if i’m not actually buying anything. 

definitely let me know how you like it, because winch is literally probably the love of my life xx