I just remembered I nearly forgot to tell you about the honesty bar...
Northumberland
Heatherland and bent land
Black land and white
God bring me to Northumberland
The land of my delight
Land of singing waters
And words from off the sea
God bring me to Northumberland
The land where I would be
Heather land and bent land
And valley rich with corn
God bring me to Northumberland
The land where I was born.
Wilfred Gibson. (1878-1962)
Heatherland and bent land
Black land and white
God bring me to Northumberland
The land of my delight
Land of singing waters
And words from off the sea
God bring me to Northumberland
The land where I would be
Heather land and bent land
And valley rich with corn
God bring me to Northumberland
The land where I was born.
Wilfred Gibson. (1878-1962)
6 comments:
Northumbria is much bigger than Northumberland...
Though in a sense, Yorkshiremen, though living in the bounds of the ancient realm, are not the descdandants of the Northumbrians. They are culturally part of the Danelaw. The typical northern accent- the accent of Yoorshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicstershire to a degree, is in fact the accent of Danes speaking a second language, English. that is the orgin of 'ey up lad' speak.
Whereas the Geordie accent is the accent of that part of Northumbria not penetrated by Danish rule, it ressembles that of the Lothians, because the Lothians too is culturally English. Edinburgh is, as its name suggests, a Saxon city. Founded by Edwin of Northumbria.
When one crosses the Trent, one crosses that boundary betwen English Mercia and Danish Mercia. One doesn't really return to Engish England till the Tees.
Good old Crushed giving us the lowdown. What would we do without him?
What a lovely place and what a lovely view. So very English.
Lovely poem and perfect photos Cherie. The second photo, with those gorgeous chimney pots, really calls to me. In younger days I "collected" chimney pots.
No wonder Gibson wrote so..it is delighting
Nice pictures Cherie, you captured the beauty of that land in all is glory and serenity...
To me its like seeing the other end of the world..
Loved it, Cherie both here and the previous :-)
wishes!
Crushed - Thanks for the background info :-) Very interesting.
JMB - I do so love English gardens :-)
Dragonstar - That makes me so glad I included that shot. Did put plants in your chimney pots?
Devika - It is a lovely poem isn't it? I am so glad you enjoyed the photos :-)
really, Cherie :-)
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