Saturday 31 May 2014
Firework Show Liverpool - Queen Victoria Cruise Ship - 30th May 2014
WHAT, A GREAT, NIGHT! CUNARD'S, 'QUEEN VICTORIA', CRUISE/LINER,SHIP, IN,
AT, THE PIER HEAD, OVERNIGHT..
THOUSANDS, OF, MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS, ON, THEIR, WAY, TO,
THE FAMOUS,ISLE OF MAN, 'T.T', RACES...
TREATED, TO, THIS , DISPLAY, OF, PYROTECHNICS...
COURTESY,OF, LIVERPOOL.-MY, HOME TOWN!..
CAN'T WAIT,FOR, MY, NEXT, CRUISE, OUT, OF,FORT LAUDERDALE, IN, JANUARY!
[NOT, ON, THIS, BEAUTY, THO',..FIND, YOUR, INNER PIRATE!]..
I, LOVE, SHIPS, AND, THE SEA!,,
VIVA!
Wednesday 28 May 2014
Tuesday 27 May 2014
Sunday 25 May 2014
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Sunday 18 May 2014
Saturday 10 May 2014
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Thursday 1 May 2014
May Day, It's, Robin Hood!
http://hesternic.tripod.com/robinhood.htm
There is much debate as to where Robin's forest really was. Although Nottingham has the strongest literary tradition, Barnsdale Forest in Yorkshire and Plumpton Park in Lancashire also lay claim to the legend. Sadly, the Sherwood Forest near Nottingham is greatly diminished in size, increasingly encroached by human settlement. To learn about the efforts being made to conserve what is left, check out the Sherwood Initiative homepage.
Within the remaining forest of Sherwood is a huge, ancient oak tree, known as the Major Oak. Once thought to be 1000 years old, it is the fabled meeting place of Robin and his men. The tree is now propped up to prevent it succumbing to age. Modern dating techniques suggest the tree may actually be only 300 years old, but it is symbolic of Robin and the Greenwood nonetheless. As we have argued, Robin is the Oak King, and any such venerable tree would be sacred to him.
The name "Sherwood" derives from the term "shire wood", meaning the forest local to a shire or region. As such, it is a fairly generic term. Rather than being a single physical place, Sherwood is more likely an abstraction, representing "the wilderness" as a whole.
Within the legends of Sherwood, time stands still. It is perpetually May Day inside Sherwood forest. The Wheel of the Year has ground to a halt. Robin and Marian are the eternal springtime divine lovers. They live happily ever after together without needing to marry, have children, work or grow old. Although there is a ballad telling of the death of Robin, the character will not die. Rather, he is continuously reborn, like the Sun at the Winter Solstice. The tales of Robin & Marian continue to be rewritten and retold even to this day. Perhaps, just as Arthur sleeps in Avalon, to arise when Britain has need of him, so too does Robin sleep in Sherwood, ready to awake and return.
[FROM, THE MOVIE;'ROBIN AND, THE 7 HOODS'..]
There is much debate as to where Robin's forest really was. Although Nottingham has the strongest literary tradition, Barnsdale Forest in Yorkshire and Plumpton Park in Lancashire also lay claim to the legend. Sadly, the Sherwood Forest near Nottingham is greatly diminished in size, increasingly encroached by human settlement. To learn about the efforts being made to conserve what is left, check out the Sherwood Initiative homepage.
Within the remaining forest of Sherwood is a huge, ancient oak tree, known as the Major Oak. Once thought to be 1000 years old, it is the fabled meeting place of Robin and his men. The tree is now propped up to prevent it succumbing to age. Modern dating techniques suggest the tree may actually be only 300 years old, but it is symbolic of Robin and the Greenwood nonetheless. As we have argued, Robin is the Oak King, and any such venerable tree would be sacred to him.
The name "Sherwood" derives from the term "shire wood", meaning the forest local to a shire or region. As such, it is a fairly generic term. Rather than being a single physical place, Sherwood is more likely an abstraction, representing "the wilderness" as a whole.
Within the legends of Sherwood, time stands still. It is perpetually May Day inside Sherwood forest. The Wheel of the Year has ground to a halt. Robin and Marian are the eternal springtime divine lovers. They live happily ever after together without needing to marry, have children, work or grow old. Although there is a ballad telling of the death of Robin, the character will not die. Rather, he is continuously reborn, like the Sun at the Winter Solstice. The tales of Robin & Marian continue to be rewritten and retold even to this day. Perhaps, just as Arthur sleeps in Avalon, to arise when Britain has need of him, so too does Robin sleep in Sherwood, ready to awake and return.
[FROM, THE MOVIE;'ROBIN AND, THE 7 HOODS'..]
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