tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post3684357207195094060..comments2024-03-27T18:53:47.254-04:00Comments on Staircase Wit: Cornwall, Part 2CLMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-66746885508865652192022-08-16T21:51:06.583-04:002022-08-16T21:51:06.583-04:00Michelle, belated thanks for the charming poem! Y...Michelle, belated thanks for the charming poem! You probably know that Quiller-Couch was du Maurier's mentor and helped her get published. She had connections to the art world so probably would have been successful eventually.<br /><br />Katrina, I knew Jamaica Inn was touristy (the exact opposite of Manderley) but another time I still think I would like to see it. Maybe I will reread the book next spring.<br /><br />Tracy, some of the ocean and cliff views reminded me of Maine or Gloucester, MA - they were so beautiful. I am trying to remember if I have seen the California coast. I guess in San Diego where my college roommate lives but it is not the same.CLMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595294217111602231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-69647375316001185412022-08-02T00:11:16.908-04:002022-08-02T00:11:16.908-04:00Another wonderful post and it was especially nice ...Another wonderful post and it was especially nice to see and hear about the connections to du Maurier's books. It all looks so nice and real, not terribly touristy.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-65734663528231301062022-08-01T16:21:38.717-04:002022-08-01T16:21:38.717-04:00We did go to Jamaica Inn but just looked at the ou...We did go to Jamaica Inn but just looked at the outside and decided not to go in with our two small boys. We could hardly see the building for all the floral hanging baskets, very chocolate boxy, but the moor was good.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-31646999555425845752022-08-01T10:33:46.377-04:002022-08-01T10:33:46.377-04:00Gorgeous photos!!! I'd love to go to Cornwall ...Gorgeous photos!!! I'd love to go to Cornwall someday. :) Larkhttp://larkwrites.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013114232214923198.post-41614004732045110682022-08-01T09:24:01.070-04:002022-08-01T09:24:01.070-04:00I enjoyed my journey through Cornwall with you! Yo...I enjoyed my journey through Cornwall with you! Your mention of the port of Fowey (pronounced Foy) brought back a memory of a poem I learnt at school on the vagaries of English spelling. I thought you would enjoy this, so attach below: <br /><br />The Harbour of Fowey by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch<br /><br />O THE Harbour of Fowey<br />Is a beautiful spot,<br />And it's there I enjowey<br />To sail in a yot;<br />Or to race in a yacht<br />Round a mark or a buoy —<br />Such a beautiful spacht<br />Is the Harbour of Fuoy!<br /><br />But the wave mountain-high,<br />And the violent storm,<br />Do I risk them? Not Igh!<br />But prefer to sit worm<br />With a book on my knees<br />By the library fire,<br />While I list to the brees<br />Rising hire and hire.<br /><br />And my leisure's addressed<br />To composing of verse<br />Which, if hardly the bessed,<br />Might be easily werse.<br />And, the spelling I use<br />Should the critics condemn,<br />Why, I have my own vuse<br />And I don't think of themn.<br /><br />Yes, I have my own views:<br />But the teachers I follow<br />Are the Lyrical Miews<br />And the Delphic Apollow.<br />Unto them I am debtor<br />For spelling and rhyme,<br />And I'm doing it bebtor<br />And bebtor each thyme.Michelle Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02110084876243929551noreply@blogger.com