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      <image:caption>A Sit-Down Dickens Walk: Bringing Bonchurch to Life — Without the Hills Bonchurch, with its winding roads and dramatic cliffs, is a place steeped in history and literary charm. For some, it’s best known for its connection to Charles Dickens, who spent the summer of 1849 here with his family. The landscape and the people he encountered during that time helped shape two of his most celebrated novels — David Copperfield and Great Expectations. But there’s one catch: Bonchurch is hilly. Very hilly. As much as visitors are eager to trace Dickens’ steps, the steep terrain can be a challenge. That’s why I launched A Sit-Down Dickens Walk during the Isle of Wight Walking Festival. A specially designed illustrated talk for Dickens enthusiasts who might struggle with the hills but still want to experience the rich stories and settings of his time here. It’s a seated journey through the Bonchurch that Dickens knew, told through engaging visuals, anecdotes, and historical insights, where we meet his friends and important local people. The Ventnor Arts Club kindly provided their beautiful venue for the event, creating the perfect atmosphere for storytelling. Even better, all box office proceeds were donated to the Isle of Wight Mountbatten Hospice — a cause close to the community's heart. Visitors have responded with warmth and enthusiasm. Here’s what a few had to say: “Beautifully told. I felt like I was walking the lanes without ever leaving my seat.” “Thank you for making Dickens’ Bonchurch accessible to everyone.” Whether you’re a lifelong Dickens fan or simply curious about the stories hidden in Bonchurch’s lanes and stones, A Sit-Down Dickens Walk offers a chance to connect — comfortably — with a remarkable chapter of literary history. Following the sell-out event at the Ventnor Arts Club, I was delighted to be invited to give a talk at Carisbrooke Castle — a venue steeped in its own rich history. Once again, I was met by an enthusiastic audience of over 50 people, all eager to delve into the world of Charles Dickens and his time in Bonchurch. Who would have thought that, more than 170 years later, Dickens would still draw such interest and affection? It’s a testament not only to his enduring storytelling but also to the deep local connection he forged with this corner of the Isle of Wight. The next talk will be at Ventnor Arts Club on 21st July 7pm for tickets contact wendy@ventnorartsclub.com</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Launch of a new Walk, The Souls of Bonchurch - Tucked away just beyond the pay booth is the 11th-century Old Church—a quiet, weathered sanctuary surrounded by tombs dating back to the 1600s. One particularly evocative tale we uncovered was of a burial connected to a skirmish with the French around the time the Mary Rose sank in the Solent near Portsmouth.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>From there, we made the short but steep climb up Bonchurch Shute to the second, much larger Victorian St. Boniface Parish Church stands here, nestled within a picturesque, tranquil churchyard dotted with memorial stones — each offering a glimpse into the lives of those who shaped Bonchurch’s more recent past.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Numerous famous people visited Algernon Swinburne’s grave. Each brings a different emotion. His friend William Rosetti’s daughter was furious during the burial service. Thomas Hardy visited later, as he was suffering from rheumatism. He wrote his poem ‘A Singer Asleep’, dedicated to Swinburne. According to an account by her brother Osbert, Edith Sitwell made a striking visit to Swinburne’s grave: she arrived by boat, defied the sexton, and ritually laid down milk, bay leaves, honeycomb, and roses. The tradition of laying roses continues today.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A SINGER ASLEEP I In this fair niche above the unslumbering sea, That sentrys up and down all night, all day, From cove to promontory, from ness to bay, The Fates have fitly bidden that he should be Pillowed eternally. II - It was as though a garland of red roses Had fallen about the hood of some smug nun When irresponsibly dropped as from the sun, In fulth of numbers freaked with musical closes, Upon Victoria's formal middle time His leaves of rhythm and rhyme. III O that far morning of a summer day When, down a terraced street whose pavements lay Glassing the sunshine into my bent eyes, I walked and read with a quick glad surprise New words, in classic guise, - IV The passionate pages of his earlier years, Fraught with hot sighs, sad laughters, kisses, tears; Fresh-fluted notes, yet from a minstrel who Blew them not naively, but as one who knew Full well why thus he blew.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>V I still can hear the brabble and the roar At those thy tunes, O still one, now passed through That fitful fire of tongues then entered new! Their power is spent like spindrift on this shore; Thine swells yet more and more. VI - His singing-mistress verily was no other Than she the Lesbian, she the music-mother Of all the tribe that feel in melodies; Who leapt, love-anguished, from the Leucadian steep Into the rambling world-encircling deep Which hides her where none sees. VII And one can hold in thought that nightly here His phantom may draw down to the water's brim, And hers come up to meet it, as a dim Lone shine upon the heaving hydrosphere, And mariners wonder as they traverse near, Unknowing of her and him. VIII One dreams him sighing to her spectral form: "O teacher, where lies hid thy burning line; Where are those songs, O poetess divine Whose very arts are love incarnadine?" And her smile back: "Disciple true and warm, Sufficient now are thine." . . . IX So here, beneath the waking constellations, Where the waves peal their everlasting strains, And their dull subterrene reverberations Shake him when storms make mountains of their plains - Him once their peer in sad improvisations, And deft as wind to cleave their frothy manes - I leave him, while the daylight gleam declines Upon the capes and chines. THOMAS HARDY BONCHURCH, 1910.  Written when visiting with Florence Dugdale</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Across the two churchyards, we paused at several key graves and uncovered remarkable stories. We met a renowned brewer, a master lighthouse builder, the very builders of Bonchurch itself, the infamous Pre-Raphaelite poet Algernon Swinburne, and even a king. The great historian Thomas Carlyle also had connections to this place. A reminder of how Bonchurch has quietly drawn extraordinary individuals into its fold.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Our next stop was a delicious lunch at the Spyglass in Ventnor, where we enjoyed lively conversation and further discussions on Dickens’ life and work.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>This article is dedicated to the memory of Denea Wright, who loved Bonchurch and especially East Dene. Her wonderful sense of humour will be a lasting memory; I fully expect to see her and her partner Jane haunting East Dene.</image:caption>
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