This journal extract is a single page from this journal.
The manuscript from which this is an extract is held by the British Library, in London. ref MS86115 folio 34
I would like to thank both Mrs Cassam who is the current copyright holder of Coleridge's works and The British Library who have permitted me to use these images for this site specific project.
Chapter one
The Fly Catchers
Chapter two
Other Fly Cathers
There are two other Fly Catcher journals which I have installed around West Somerset.
Porlock Weir - Kubla Khan, the most famous of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works, and geo-located on the atmospheric harbour.
Watchet - As you walk the west harbour wall in Watchet a series of four pages from 'The Gutch Book' are revealed. These are an eclectic mix of notes from Coleridge's most famous journal.
Porlock Weir - Kubla Khan, the most famous of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works, and geo-located on the atmospheric harbour.
Watchet - As you walk the west harbour wall in Watchet a series of four pages from 'The Gutch Book' are revealed. These are an eclectic mix of notes from Coleridge's most famous journal.
Rather than place these texts in the village they are geo-located at Stowey Castle. These were ruins when Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived here in the late 1790's. From Nether Stowey town centre, where the clock and gaol are located, travel up Castle Street, past the infamous 'Stowey Gutters'. Castle Street then turns into Castle Hill, keep on the road to the brow as access to the tor is a gate on the right. (Do not get distracted by Butchers Lane which skirts the foot of the hill.) Once in the main field with information board on your left, the first instalment will appear. Follow the grass path which naturally circles the castle clockwise along the outer top of the ditch. A further three chapters will be triggered, one on the West, another the North, and then East of the ramparts. The final instalment is on the summit amongst the castle ruins. This path will trigger all segments. Access for wheel chair users is very poor.