tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post5555535380456545073..comments2024-03-29T07:51:40.085+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: Shangri-LaYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28374650782983296352019-06-17T12:43:52.455+01:002019-06-17T12:43:52.455+01:00Hilton (a Lancashire lad) got the idea for Lost Ho...Hilton (a Lancashire lad) got the idea for Lost Horizon from the writings of botanist-explorer Joseph Rock, who travelled widely in the Himalayas in the 1920s. Rock wrote colourfully about many lost monasteries and isolated Christian communities that he found in the mountain canyons of Tibet and Yunnan. In fact, Rock was exaggerating and dramatising a lot of what he saw. Hilton went further and turned some of Rock's notions into fiction. For instance, Rock described an isolated monastery where people seemed twice their actual age. Hilton turned this on it's head and made it so people lived for centuries in remote mountain hideouts. I found this out when I visited some of Rock's 'lost communities' that have now cashed in on the Lost Horizon craze and re-named their villages as Shangri La! https://www.josephrock.net/2011/03/chapter-5-gongga-shan-glories-of-minya.htmlmutikonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013127024190330396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-394931641057506162019-06-16T20:49:02.891+01:002019-06-16T20:49:02.891+01:00I think you found your Shangri-La when you were Th...I think you found your Shangri-La when you were The Queen of Hinchinbrook.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45460530590855626842019-06-16T20:47:58.575+01:002019-06-16T20:47:58.575+01:00Santorini isn't quite Shangri-La Bonnie.Santorini isn't quite Shangri-La Bonnie.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-70213798782752968582019-06-16T20:47:32.618+01:002019-06-16T20:47:32.618+01:00As I say - it's not great literature Steve but...As I say - it's not great literature Steve but it is strangely of its time.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58124958169361305812019-06-16T20:46:39.039+01:002019-06-16T20:46:39.039+01:00I like the style and the manner of his writing - t...I like the style and the manner of his writing - taking us back to the 1930's.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16343646237268076972019-06-16T20:45:38.742+01:002019-06-16T20:45:38.742+01:00Yes. It does feel like that Red.Yes. It does feel like that Red.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31297465138649802072019-06-16T20:45:15.442+01:002019-06-16T20:45:15.442+01:00I hope you enjoy reading about Hannah Hauxwell'...I hope you enjoy reading about Hannah Hauxwell's life. Before long I hope to visit the area she lived and worked in.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17737254676569836492019-06-16T09:36:47.321+01:002019-06-16T09:36:47.321+01:00Thank you for this interesting book review. I very...Thank you for this interesting book review. I very much like the cover.<br />The view from the little white church is beautiful. Logs for winter time? I imagine the rocky path leading up to the church being even more challenging in winter.<br />Speaking of winter, I have begun reading Hannah Hauxwell's Seasons of my Life.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55087276903402830412019-06-16T02:29:37.909+01:002019-06-16T02:29:37.909+01:00It sounds like Lost Horizon was predicting the sta...It sounds like Lost Horizon was predicting the state of our world today.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72227850282077557582019-06-16T02:27:15.451+01:002019-06-16T02:27:15.451+01:00What a great view from that church.
I read Lost H...What a great view from that church.<br /><br />I read Lost Horizon years ago and liked it; should re-read it now and see how it goes. Just recently I read another of Hilton's books, Random Harvest, which I also enjoyed, especially the ending. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62279417647216373542019-06-16T00:04:02.885+01:002019-06-16T00:04:02.885+01:00The book sounds very good. Enjoy your holiday Shan...The book sounds very good. Enjoy your holiday Shangri-La. Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6263083708451858482019-06-15T21:55:39.722+01:002019-06-15T21:55:39.722+01:00I think I've been to that church!
I never rea...I think I've been to that church!<br /><br />I never read "Lost Horizon" but I saw the movie with Jane Wyatt. We have a copy in the library. Maybe I should give it a try one of these days.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50667656875390496212019-06-15T21:41:03.585+01:002019-06-15T21:41:03.585+01:00"Lost Horizon"....I've seen both ver..."Lost Horizon"....I've seen both versions of the movie...years and years ago...and read the book...years and years ago. I should dig it out again....it's a flash or two from the past.<br /><br />Not much has changed since Hilton writing the book back in the early 1930s ...Like the lost city of Atlantis...Shangri-La shall never be found.<br /><br />I do believe we have to, personally, make our own. I think you are temporarily in yours! :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71560893820482871112019-06-15T21:23:34.061+01:002019-06-15T21:23:34.061+01:00I believe there was Sue and this book is where the...I believe there was Sue and this book is where they got their name from... though they might not have realised it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68737820737264574162019-06-15T21:21:58.212+01:002019-06-15T21:21:58.212+01:00I was surprised as I have been in quite a few unlo...I was surprised as I have been in quite a few unlocked churches in Greece.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-46013991807347461462019-06-15T21:00:41.152+01:002019-06-15T21:00:41.152+01:00One would think that they would leave such a churc...One would think that they would leave such a church unlocked. I mean- is a thief going to make that climb? <br />Perhaps. But hardly likely. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47293997875733445252019-06-15T20:58:38.918+01:002019-06-15T20:58:38.918+01:00What a shame the church was locked after your clim...What a shame the church was locked after your climb. Wasn't there a pop group called the Shangri-Las?Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.com