tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6509816649578639596..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: On Pilgrimage - Charlie ButlerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-79121423690896707552008-09-11T09:10:00.000+01:002008-09-11T09:10:00.000+01:00Batemans is also definitely on my list! And I envy...Batemans is also definitely on my list! And I envy you, Mary, having been shown round Green Knowe by the real Mrs Oldknowe - er, I mean Lucy Boston.<BR/><BR/>Kate, I hope you enjoy Four British Fantasists should you buy a copy. I'd love to know what you think. (I used to spend part of my summer holiday in Wolverhampton: how many people can say as much?)Cathy Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03838615971611193743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57947146026725672382008-09-10T18:38:00.000+01:002008-09-10T18:38:00.000+01:00I have just been on a book pilgrimage, trekking al...I have just been on a book pilgrimage, trekking all over London in order to find all the statues used in the Stone Heart trilogy by Charlie Fletcher. I've never made it to the Lake District or Green Knowe (although I've been to Hemingford Grey) but I have wandered the Long Mynd in search of the Lone Pine, and around Caer Idris and Bird Rock.<BR/>And now I need to buy your Four British Fantasists book!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951776809095097754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91137097932012263052008-09-10T15:34:00.000+01:002008-09-10T15:34:00.000+01:00wonderful read Charlie...I try to daydream atleast...wonderful read Charlie...I try to daydream atleast once a day...I find it's great for the soul...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700214027813205802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77180795008142755922008-09-10T13:50:00.000+01:002008-09-10T13:50:00.000+01:00I didn't go to Hemingford Grey this time Charlie a...I didn't go to Hemingford Grey this time Charlie as I had gone there with SoA thirty years ago! And Lucy Boston was there to show us around.<BR/><BR/>I've read only one Green Knowe book but I did read Lucy's Memories in a House afterwards and ever since then have had old roses in the garden, so it was a hugely influential visit even if not in a literary sense!<BR/><BR/>Mary HoffmanMary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14672912052557271515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-55669582679680227672008-09-10T13:11:00.000+01:002008-09-10T13:11:00.000+01:00How's this for a pilgramaaaaage? Most amusing anec...How's this for a pilgramaaaaage? Most amusing anecdote from the Bookwitch.<BR/><BR/>http://bookwitch.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/maybe-betjeman-wasnt-a-joke-after-all/Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307045090887391553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-91244800013432458392008-09-10T10:40:00.000+01:002008-09-10T10:40:00.000+01:00Wow, Lucy. Deeply impressed.I'm a big fan of pilgr...Wow, Lucy. Deeply impressed.<BR/><BR/>I'm a big fan of pilgrimages, ever since we used to trawl around the Lake District as a child visiting Wild Cat Island, Kanjenjunga and all the other Arthur Ransome spots. Although I felt Wild Cat Island would be improved by having less families in little boats trampling on it going 'Look, it's the secret harbour!'<BR/><BR/>Green Knowe is deeply weird - it really does feel like stepping into an illustration from the book. It doesn't always work though. I forcibly read 'Puck of Pook's Hill' to my boyfriend in the ruins of Pevensey Castle, but somehow it wasn't the same. Not least because Pevensey Beach didn't look anything like the illustrations in 'Ballet Shoes'.Sally Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022981347132511812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-29906966189941189872008-09-10T10:26:00.000+01:002008-09-10T10:26:00.000+01:00"Then longe folk to go on pilgrimages, And palmers..."Then longe folk to go on pilgrimages, <BR/>And palmers for to seeke strange strands..." A pilgrimage is what you make it--mine are mostly excuses too, Charlie. My most memorable was to Batemans (Rudyard Kipling), which was sold to him by my Great Grandfather. He wrote Puck of Pooks Hill in Granny's night nursery, so I've always felt as if he was somehow part of the family.Lucy Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774389681477698245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57208966523955699562008-09-10T09:28:00.000+01:002008-09-10T09:28:00.000+01:00My pilgrimages tend to be more of the 'shed in the...My pilgrimages tend to be more of the 'shed in the head' sort, perhaps because of the travelling I did when younger. Natural indolence may, however, account for a disinterest in seeing the 'real' places. And my fictive landscapes are exactly that - fictive. Though I must admit to a longing to visit Iceland after writing so much about the Arctic in my new novel, which, in a decidedly contemporary 'shed in the head' manner, is virtual.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-58012956442246447022008-09-10T06:19:00.000+01:002008-09-10T06:19:00.000+01:00Did the Passionate Sir Walter Raleigh not pilgrima...Did the Passionate Sir Walter Raleigh not pilgrimage to Santiago then? Bummer! I walked all that way thinking that I was following in his footsteps!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Give me my scallop shell of quiet,<BR/>My staff of faith to walk upon,<BR/>My scrip of joy, immortal diet,<BR/>My bottle of salvation,<BR/>My gown of glory, hope's true gage,<BR/>And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.<BR/><BR/>Oh well - it was a great journey.<BR/>SilSilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206993775726151899noreply@blogger.com