Poem 159 of 230: WINDERMERE - SUMMER 2001
(TUNE - IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR:
C2 F3 G2 F3 D1 F2 D3 C1 C3
B2 G3 F2 A1 G3 B2 c1 c3
C2 F3 G2 F3 D1 F2 D3 C1 C3
B2 G3 F2 A1 G3 B2 c1 c3
C2 F2 B2 e2
e1 d1 c1 B1 A1 G1 F3
C2 F2 B2 e2
e1 d1 c1 B1 A1 G1 F3)
Some thirteen years since my first visit
(Then, dropped - from hitching - just near;
This time, by train and a downhill walk),
I arrived at Windermere:
A Wainwright-like
Windermere walkabout;
A Wordsworth-like
Windermere walkabout.
On the vessel Miss Cumbria Three,
A chill-out trip to Ambleside -
Viewing the trees, the farms, the fells,
And the more-sporty ways to ride.
A...
Once there, an uphill walk through the shops
Led to a leaf, rock and root track,
With a stalactite-like mossy falls,
And a bridge - starting the way back.
A...
Track-side (gripping the ghyll), ancient woods
Shaded what was a sunny day,
And the babbling-brook gave sound softly -
Soothing the soul a further way.
A...
Then home - again charmed by the thin-stone
Minimum-mortar kept buildings,
The surrounds of England’s largest lake,
And movie train-window viewings.
A...
(C) David Franks 2003
Hear here - http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=26644
(TUNE - IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR:
C2 F3 G2 F3 D1 F2 D3 C1 C3
B2 G3 F2 A1 G3 B2 c1 c3
C2 F3 G2 F3 D1 F2 D3 C1 C3
B2 G3 F2 A1 G3 B2 c1 c3
C2 F2 B2 e2
e1 d1 c1 B1 A1 G1 F3
C2 F2 B2 e2
e1 d1 c1 B1 A1 G1 F3)
Some thirteen years since my first visit
(Then, dropped - from hitching - just near;
This time, by train and a downhill walk),
I arrived at Windermere:
A Wainwright-like
Windermere walkabout;
A Wordsworth-like
Windermere walkabout.
On the vessel Miss Cumbria Three,
A chill-out trip to Ambleside -
Viewing the trees, the farms, the fells,
And the more-sporty ways to ride.
A...
Once there, an uphill walk through the shops
Led to a leaf, rock and root track,
With a stalactite-like mossy falls,
And a bridge - starting the way back.
A...
Track-side (gripping the ghyll), ancient woods
Shaded what was a sunny day,
And the babbling-brook gave sound softly -
Soothing the soul a further way.
A...
Then home - again charmed by the thin-stone
Minimum-mortar kept buildings,
The surrounds of England’s largest lake,
And movie train-window viewings.
A...
(C) David Franks 2003
Hear here - http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/blogentry.php?blogentryid=26644
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| Youth Hostel Association stamp from 1988 |
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| Bowness-Ambleside return ticket from 2001 |
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Stock Ghyll walk on Ordinance Survey Map (new tab -
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