When visiting Newcastle I went to a place named Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island. Something that made this destination so special and interesting was that it is a tidal island. This means that the island is only accessible at certain times of the day when the tide is open allowing you to cross the causeway. Opening times vary significantly from day to day. What I found so fascinating about this is that the people of Lindisfarne live in a way which is extremely limited by the fact that they can only cross to mainland between certain hours of the day. People of this nature are timetabled to what they can and can't do. When crossing the causeway a feeling of crossing into unknown territory was experienced. I felt excitement as I looked around a place of great cultural heritage but with the fact that I had limited time on the island until I was trapped added further to this feeling. It was an experience that felt like going back in time. People of the village were very much using local produce, and everyone within the village seemed extremely united. I wondered whether this is how a village really should be? Has modern society become purely individualistic?
Saturday, 7 July 2007
A fabulous entrance to Lindisfarne (Holy Island) in Newcastle
When visiting Newcastle I went to a place named Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island. Something that made this destination so special and interesting was that it is a tidal island. This means that the island is only accessible at certain times of the day when the tide is open allowing you to cross the causeway. Opening times vary significantly from day to day. What I found so fascinating about this is that the people of Lindisfarne live in a way which is extremely limited by the fact that they can only cross to mainland between certain hours of the day. People of this nature are timetabled to what they can and can't do. When crossing the causeway a feeling of crossing into unknown territory was experienced. I felt excitement as I looked around a place of great cultural heritage but with the fact that I had limited time on the island until I was trapped added further to this feeling. It was an experience that felt like going back in time. People of the village were very much using local produce, and everyone within the village seemed extremely united. I wondered whether this is how a village really should be? Has modern society become purely individualistic?
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I think you have raised a really valid question. Has modern living created an unfriendly society in which neighbourly aid is not as important as before? are we part of a fragmented society in which people are symphatetic only to themselves? It would be interesting to see what your peers think about this.
i dont think you get as many villagey villages as you used to in the sense of when you talk to your grandparents they could name everyone on the street and know there business etc. Nowadays its not the same people keep themselves to themselves and because we now have 24hour supermarkets and convinience stores we dont need to rely on neighbours etc for the milk. But Holy Island is very much like St Michaels Mount in Cornwall, except this island is only accesible by foot when the tide is out, i have been meaning to visit it for a number of years now, but it looks gorgeous from the pictures alone.
http://www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk/
This is slightly off the point of your post. Have you seen Cul-de-sac by Roman Polanski, the film is a black comedy set on Holy Island.
I have yet to see the film, but will list it as one of the films to view in the forthcoming weeks.
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