A Season in the Abbey
Sick and paralysed, Nelson returned to England, and decided to accompany his father to Bath for a cure in January 1781. In a busy season Nelson was lucky to find digs with the apothecary Joseph Spry at 2 Pierrepont Street. News of the expedition in Nicaragua reached Bath as one of the army officers was also recovering his health in the city.
During the 18th century, Bath was an extremely fashionable cultural hub, attracting the aristocracy and gentry from all over the country.
In Lemuria it is the Abbey which is the cultural hub for artists and writers. Indeed, Riversleigh Manor is closing down for a couple of months and we are all going to have 'a season' in the Lemurian Abbey.
So anyone who is still here needs to pack their bags and hot foot it over to the Abbey bofore all the digs are occupied. We will make sure that there are plenty of activities to amuse everyone while we are ' in the Abbey'.
posted by Heather Blakey @ 10:54 PM
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Dear Heather Blakey,
This story starts off being so refined and reeking of history about Nelson and his illness,then you finish it off
with these words
" Hot foot it over to the Abbey"
spoiled the tone of that beautiful photo of Bath ,you are going to have to get a grip of yourself Madame...
Lois (Muse of the Sea) 24.6.06
Perhaps you are right Lois but I was never really one to carry off those refinements. And that is not Bath darling. It is Turner's Tintern Abbey.
So there!
I'm on my way....
Vi
Hope you will say hello to me Vi ( grab me if I look lost)..Madame has just pointed out I am in the wrong COUNTY ...I have never been overseas to these places so I am allowed the odd mistake..these travellers and all the Castles and Abbeys they have visited tend to get a bit highbrow (is that the right word).....
Lois
(Muse of the Sea) 27.6.06
I enjoyed this piece.I like english histoy the characters are so colourful,a lot of things can be said of english history but boring the characters are not!I think I like history also because the pace is slower and the living more memorable.I would rather go back in time and enjoy what was instead of facing an uncertain future.there is little attracation in that.I like stories about explorers such as Capt. Cook although Josephine (Nelson's wife) and Mrs Cook probably had it real rough.
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