This journal extract geolocated in Watchet can be a little difficult to decipher, but it is a good example of the diversity and flexibility of notes within Coleridge's journals. Written during the time when he lived in Nether Stowey it contains in infamous nugget which describes him whisking his son outside in tears, the boy see the moon and is transfixed, ceasing his crying.
These journal extracts are from the manuscript often referred to as The Gutch Book MS27901 and are just four pages from the whole.
Chapter one
The Fly Catchers
Chapter two
Other Fly Catchers
There are two other Fly Catcher journals which I have installed around West Somerset.
Nether Stowey - Geolocated on the mound of Nether Stowey Castle you will be able to read, penned in Coleridge's hand, a poem authored by William Wordsworth. The poem is dedicated to Coleridge's son Hartley who was six years old at the time.
Porlock Weir - Kubla Khan, the most famous of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works, and geo-located on the atmospheric harbour.
Nether Stowey - Geolocated on the mound of Nether Stowey Castle you will be able to read, penned in Coleridge's hand, a poem authored by William Wordsworth. The poem is dedicated to Coleridge's son Hartley who was six years old at the time.
Porlock Weir - Kubla Khan, the most famous of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's works, and geo-located on the atmospheric harbour.
This Fly Catcher is geo-located in Watchet, West Somerset. Make your way to the West Harbour, which can be accessed by passing through the archway of 'The London Inn' public house, or from the adjacent harbour car park. The pages of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's journal have been segmented into two images from each page. Each image will be revealed in turn and in order as you walk along the harbour wall. At the light house at the end of the harbour all eight fragments will have been revealed, and all will be visible through your device. The harbour has good access for wheel chair users.
