Somewhere near or at Tintagel Castle, Tintagel, Cornwall, UK
Go back in my blogs to June 2016 to see my adventures out of a base in Tintagel.
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7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World
Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice occurs traditionally on December 21st, the shortest day of the year—a time that was magic as well as frightening—when mankind faced this day with so little light and a possibility at least in their mind of the light possibly deserting them for life and leaving them to cope in the darkness—something humans are not always very good at—-a time for predators and ghost and goblins. Add the scant sources for food and the decreasing supplies What better time to establish a celebration to dare I say BEG for the return of the light and with it the warmth, the migratory birds, and on and on.
Oh and it is of note that the ancient Roman’s calendar gave the date of this shortest day as December 25 not 21st. The date they celebrated the birth of Mithras ( which like a lot of the Roman Gods were borrowed from other countries–in this case Persia), of the Unconquered God. Other gods that celebrated on the Winter Solstice: The pagan Divine Child, Norsemen’s lord,Frey. Finally in 350 AD Pope Julius decided that they would preform Chrit’s Mass (or Christmas) on this date as it was already accepted by the people to celebrate a god’s birth—-it’ wasn’t until about 450 AD that the eastern that the astern church agreed to honor the birth on that date. One Bishop (of Constantinople was sure it was a great day for Christians to celebrate to distract them from the heathen celebrations that were also going on.
Traditions still used that were original to the pagan worship include the use of evergreens for decor, ornaments hung on the evergreen tree, gifts, carols and of course the Yule log burning to name a few.
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Strawberry Hill was, and remains, a fantasy. A man possessed o great self-knowledge, Walpole pinpointed the moment his love affair with all things gothic began: with his first sight of Kings College, Cambridge. during his time as an undergraduate ther. “Art and Palladio had not rrached thr land nor methodised the Vandal builder’s hand,” he marveled. And indeed, for anyone who had ever set foot inside the Oxbridge college, it stands to rrason that Walpole’s mock-castle confection should feature a faux baronial hall,, complete with coats of arms and images of supposed ancestors dating back to thr crusaders. While Walpole was not without a distinguished lineage, claiming his mother to descend from the early Welsh King, Cadwallader, the idea triggered a particular interest in relics and curios beyond those of his own family. Strawberry Hill became a repository, and Walpole collected assiduously, from James I’s gloves to Cardinal Wolsey‘s Oliver Cromwell’shat. nightcap, alas, remained ever a stranger to Strawberry Hill, after Walpol was outbid for it.
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Hill forts were used from the early Iron Age but had fallen into disuse and were retired by thee time it is believed that Arthur existed (maybe).
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SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT SARASOTA
The name of the town is a mystery, though it has been speculated that it was probably a Calusa Indian name, though Spanish possibility have been attempted and a Spanish lady named “Sara de Sota” has been suggested but I didn’t see anything historical about her anywhere. No meaning for it has ever been suggested.
It is a name that’s been around for a long time–having designated part of the shore line in the area for years. Also there are reports for multiple variations on the name having been found on maps published during the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
The town itself grew from a settlement begun by William Whitaker in 1843 across the bay.from an abandoned fishing camp and Indian trading station which legend says was called Sarasota when Whitaker came here.
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These Gardens have an extensive collection of tropical plants–especially orchids. Waterfront gardens.
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28,000 acres with rivers, lake, marsh, hammock and parries Camping ranging from cabins to rustic sites.
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68 acre state-run Ringling spread between US 41 and Sarasota Bay. Includes Ringling’s beautifully furnished mansion, a circus museum and an Art museum. Ringling built the mansion and was instrumental in bringing culture and rich northerners to Sarasota. Ringling collected art and though he lost his fortune in the depression he held on to his art till he died at age 70 of pneumonia in 1936. The US IRS was after him for back taxes and would have claimed the art collection, except he left it to the state of Florida and as you can see they’ve held on ever since.
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Now unless you live in Central Florida that’s a town you may not have heard of this town. Forest City’s population is 14,702 people. Since 2010, it has had a population growth of 5.6%,
It’s been settled since the late 1800s–with the earliest settlers being Swedish, three of whom had groves until the Great Freeze of 1895-–-They were probably from the Sanford Colony.
After 1886, the orange crop was carried over a railway branch line from here to the springs for transfer to a boat and eventually down the St John’s RIver.
Back in the day, in the center of town (now SR 431) there was railroad lines and depot, a general store, a two story boarding house, the Pound’s House and a saw mill.
Forrest city managed to survive the freeze and replanted the citrus groves.By the 1920’s there were several large citrus related business in the town. By 1926 they included Chester C. Fosgate packing house and this was followed by a juice and canning plant in Florida in 1928.
During this time (1925 the Seventh Day Adventist church purchased 500 acres north of town on SR 435 between Bear Lake and Lake Brantley Road and Winyah Lake Academy was born and has now grown into not just a boarding school,, but also hosts a church and nursing home and has been renamed Forest Lake Academy
The citrus industry was again mostly destroyed by another great freeze and there are little or no remains of those huge groves left in Central Florida,
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party
Fosterage: Children raised in another family’s home. This tradition lasted in Scotland till the 18th c. Started at the age of 7 and lasted until the age of decision 17 years for a boy and 14 for a girl. They were taught music, poetry, music and the boys warfare, the virtues of single combat and the high value of honor.
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Jenny Greenteeth: is an evil water creature found in Lancashire, which attacks and drowns the unwary, the only sign of its presence is green scum on the water
The Scottish gin island retreat we can’t wait to escape to next summer
This is half of the stair ways to get to Tintagel Castle—-at least that use to be the way—-which is why I was in Tintagel in 2016 I didn’t go to the island as I had a bit of a knee injury and there was no way I was gonna try that—they have since put a bridge across at the top but the Corona distancing issue have changed that and while you cross over on that one—-on the way back you take the old way to avoid too close a contact. This picture was taken at my first visit to the area in 2008. I recommend seeing Cornwall and staying in Tintagel was great—just return on my blog to 2016/June and check it out.
The castle was great and since I probably won’t be back until 2021 I hopefully can just look down on this early days and laugh—Hopefully.
Oh and the main picture is from somewhere in the UK but where or when sorry—its typical of so many village and even larger towns i visited
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