#keswick england

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An advertisement from the paper proclaims, in all caps, “ORIGINAL MONSTRE ROCK BAND.” A few lines below: “SOLID ROCK.” Nothing unusual there, because who doesn’t want to know where to find music that goes to 11? The only problem is that, in this case, the newspaper is from 1846.

Concertgoers at the time probably wouldn’t have been ready for guitar feedback and drum solos, but they were eager enough to see a family making music with actual rocks, hewn from a volcanic mountain called Skiddaw (which, to be fair, sounds pretty metal).

There are a few recordings of lithphones on the 'net, including this recent example

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Derwent Water Autumn Delight by Great conditions in the Lake …

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Early mist clearing across Keswick and Derwentwater with the splendid cascade of 13,000 hand made poppies pouring from the church as we remembered. Have a great day.

📸 by Rod Hutchinson @lakesrhino

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Frank Woodhead - Sketch for a painting of Tewet Tarn near Keswick

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Helvellyn, Keswick, England, UK

Rowell Heria

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Castlerigg Stone Circle - Keswick, England

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Keswick, UK (by Jonny Gios)

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all imbued

“Mountains and vales and waters all imbued with beauty.” -Robert Southey

April 1956

Quote taken from original text included with the image in the magazine

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See: https://old.reddit.com/r/UKhiking/comments/1ew0o8c/on_cat_bells_for_the_lakeland_festival_of_light/

(by Jonny Gios)

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Greta Hall, home of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, in Keswick, England

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where the poets walk

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James Durden (British/English, 1878–1964) • June Morning • Unknown date • Keswick Museum, Cumbria, England

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The Byron-Shelley circle reports from Lake Geneva, 1816…

Mary Shelley’s journal entry for July 28th, 1816:

“Sunday, July 28 (Montalègre). — I read Voltaire’s Romans. Shelley reads Lucretius, and talks with Clare. After dinner he goes out in the boat with Lord Byron, and we all go up to Diodati in the evening. This is the second anniversary since Shelley’s and my union.”

Excerpt of a letter from Percy Shelley to his friend Thomas Love Peacock, July 28th, 1816 — he is still recounting the short trip he, Mary, and Claire took to Mont Blanc:

“We have bought some specimens of minerals and plants, and two or three crystal seals, at Mont Blanc, to preserve the remembrance of having approached it. There is a cabinet of histoire naturelle at Chamouni, just as at Keswick, Matlock, and Clifton; the proprietor of which is the very vilest specimen of that vile species of quack, that, together with the whole army of aubergistes and guides, and indeed the entire mass of the population, subsist on the weakness and credulity of travellers as leeches subsist on the sick.

The most interesting of my purchases is a large collection of all the seeds of rare alpine plants, with their names written upon the outside of the papers that contain them.

These I mean to colonise in my garden in England, and to permit you to make what choice you please from them. They are companions which the Celandine — the classic Celandine — need not despise; they are as wild and more daring than he, and will tell him tales of things even as touching and sublime as the gaze of a vernal poet.

Did I tell you that there are troops of wolves among these mountains? In the winter they descend into the valleys, which the snow occupies six months of the year, and devour everything that they can find out of doors.

A wolf is more powerful than the fiercest and strongest dog. There are no bears in these regions. We heard, when we were in Lucerne, that they were occasionally found in the forests which surround that lake.

Adieu. S.”

Undated letter sent from Claire Clairmont to Lord Byron next door, July 1816:

“Pray if you can send M. Polidori either to write another dictionary or to the lady he loves. I hope this last may be his pillow. & then he will go to sleep; for I cannot come at this hour of the night & be seen by him; it is so extremely suspicious. I have not seen you all day. I know you must be home by ten because Geneva shuts at that hour & I will be with you at a ¼ past ten, so remember.”

Another undated letter sent from Claire Clairmont to Lord Byron next door, July 1816:

“I would have come to you to night if I thought I could be of any use to you. If you want me or any thing of or belonging to me I am sure Shelley would come and fetch me if you ask him. I am afraid to come dearest for fear of meeting any one. Can you pretext the copying. Tell me any time I shall come & I will because you will have then made your arrangements. Every thing is so aukward. We go so soon. Dearest pray come and see us pray do. Good bye. I cannot find a wafer S — says he won't look at my note so don't be offended. Good bye dearest. Pray come & see us.”

In the summer of 1816 on Lake Geneva Percy Shelley, Mary Godwin (later that year, Shelley), their nanny Elise, their infant son William, and Mary’s step-sister Claire Clairmont, all lived at Maison Chapuis, less than a ten-minute walk from Byron’s much larger Villa Diodati next door. Claire and Byron had met in the past and began an affair in England that Spring. She fell in love with him and introduced him to Mary privately on April 21st. Earlier that day, Byron had signed the deed of separation from his wife, and on the 23rd he would sail away from England forever. Byron decided to vacation in Geneva while he planned his relocation to Italy that Fall. He took John Polidori with him as his traveling doctor while he recovered from a binge-drinking episode; Polidori was a recent medical school graduate who also aspired to be a writer. Claire urgently followed Byron and convinced Mary and Percy to join her, reliving the trio’s continental tour of 1814. After Byron and Shelley initially met at Geneva’s Hotel d'Angleterre, they decided to rent a boat together and managed to rent neighboring residences. The households would spend most of the summer together. Claire would give birth to her and Byron’s daughter that winter, and in subsequent years the Shelley and Byron households would follow each other around Italy.

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11 June 2019 | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive at Keswick Market place during a visit to Cumbria in Keswick, England. The royal couple visited Keswick to join a celebration to recognise the contribution of individuals and local organisations in supporting communities and families across Cumbria. They then went on to visit a traditional fell sheep farm. (c) Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

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JONATHAN BAILEY, HOMOSEXUAL + HOMOROMANTIC, CIS MAN & HE/HIM — well met ! as blood demands PERCY HAWTHORNE has answered the call ! they have been chosen and are now claimed as the CHILD OF APOLLO. while they have been alive for THIRTY-SIX years, the adventure has just begun and they must now train hard in the ways of the WIZARD (DIVINATION). while their INSIGHTFUL, CREATIVE, & ADAPTABLE can be an asset to the god’s cause, their DRAMATIC, VAIN, & DISMISSIVE could create some tension. only the fates will know in the end, but now their thread has been woven into the tapestry of myths and legends !

🔮 : # BASICS

full name: percy arthur hawthorne.

nickname(s): the mystical percy

age: thirty-six

date of birth: july 31, 1988

hometown: keswick, cumbria, england

current location: new olympia, ogygia

species: demi-god

ethnicity: white (english)

nationality: british

gender: cis man

pronouns: he/him

occupation: fortune teller, tarot card reader, archer, circus artiste

living arrangements: apollo room

language(s): english, a bit of french and latin

accent: cumbrian

🔮 : # PHYSICS

face claim: jonathan bailey.

hair color: brunette

eye color: brown

height: 5'11"

weight: 160 lb

build: wiry

tattoos: his mother's initials and her birth date right above his heart, a crystal ball along his right forearm, a dolphin on his left thigh

usual expression: playful, bright smiles, laughing

prominent features: smile. warm brown eyes

dominant hand: right

clothing style: high waisted slim fitting pants, loose button up shirts that are tucked in, lots of layers, a variety of vibrant purples, yellows, golds, oranges as well as browns, grays, and neutrals. lots of casual wear. 70s inspiration.

🔮 : # PERSONALITY

astrological sign: leo sun, tbd moon, tbd rising

positive traits: insightful, creative, adaptable

negative traits: dramatic, vain, dismissive

myers brigg: enfp.

element: fire.

enneagram: the challenger.

temperament: sanguine.

hogwarts house: gryffindor

moral alignment: moral neutral.

primary sin: pride.

primary virtue: charity.

fears: here.

habits: here.

quirks: here

pet peeves: here.

hobbies: here

🔮 : # FAMILY

parents: emily hawthorne (mother); apollo (father)

siblings: none

other relatives: none that he speaks to

pets: none

🔮 : # SEXUAL

sexuality: homosexual + homoromantic

sexual position: versatile

kinks: tbd

anti kinks: tbd

🔮 : # ADDITIONAL LORE

class: wizard.

sub-class: divination

innate abilities from apollo: insight, perception

other abilities: tbd

character inspirations: brooke davis from one tree hill, hanna marin from pretty little liars, harry potter from harry potter, jessica day from new girl, lorelai gilmore from gilmore girls, matilda wormwood from matilda, peeta mellark from the hunger games, phoebe buffay from friends, rapunzel from tangled

🔮 : # BIOGRAPHY

trigger warning: mentions of parental death and child abuse

His entire early childhood, it was just Percy and his mother-- she was a school teacher who had published a few poems, though they weren't widely known. It was her who instilled his love for the arts and poetry, specifically, with some of hist most fond memories being the nights when she read his favorite collection of poems before bed. Tragedy struck though, when Percy was ten or so, and his mother died in a freak accident leaving Percy orphaned.

He was sent to live with family members but nobody ever kept him for long, always insisting the boy was too difficult to raise or troublesome. Eventually, when every relative turned their backs on him... Percy was put in the foster system and this was a dark chapter in his life. He'd never be kept anywhere for long and it all came to a breaking point when his last guardian, Milton, nearly choked Percy to death. After that night, he packed the few things he still owned and left in the middle of the night.

On the run for weeks, he eventually found himself looking for scraps of food outside a circus when a few of the performers saw him and took pity. They brought him into the fold and welcomed him as part of their found family, he had to earn his keep but that wasn't difficult for a boy his age. It started with him cleaning up but he clearly had a way with people, connecting with them so he was given more things to do. He took to archery with ease, it was practically a reflex for the young boy... and then he found a gift for things like tarot card reading, palm readings, and reading people's fortunes.

The circus may not have been the most stable upbringing for a developing child, but they treated him well and he was never abused or went hungry. They never stayed anywhere for long, Percy found home in one of the caravans as they traveled across the countryside.

Years passed and he became one of the big names, The Great and Mystical Percy. He wasn't found by the city elders until he was well into his adulthood, around the age of twenty-five or so, that he discovered he was a demigod and they'd been looking for him since his mom first died all those years ago. Never staying anywhere for too long provided to be a bit of a challenge, but they told Percy how dangerous it was to stay with the circus... so he agreed to return to them and find a new start.

Awe struck by the city itself, Percy struggled to adapt to staying in one place for more than a week.. but he managed. He found a job working as well, a fortune teller once more. Even in a place as magical and mystical as New Olympia, there were still those who wanted their future to be told.