Disaster, Tragedy & Comfort - an Alien Lands - but where
An alien lands…takes a look around…
Like so many settlements in this land I sense past troubles here. I note that this place is situated on a long waterway and also on a key road, both of which contributed to its growth and importance.
My records tell me that, from here, at the beginning of the nineteenth earth-century, a son embarked on a long and distinguished career of endeavour and endurance. I discover that he is memorialised, not only with a magnificent statue in the centre of the settlement and a plaque in a nearby place of worship, but also in many places which have taken his name around the world and even beyond. I am amused by the unusual addition of earth creatures on the statue and I can only assume they relate to his exploits.
This earthling’s memorial plaque shares the same spiritual place with another son of the settlement. This earthling experienced tragedy immediately before he would be joined with another in earthling partnership. I discover that he, too, travelled afar to seek another life. I am touched to discover that on learning of his biological ancestor’s ill health he scribed a piece which became an enduring devotional anthem known throughout the planet. Tragically, I learn that, a second to whom he was betrothed also perished before their union.
My archive detects a thriving economy here. The valley of the waterway, in the late eighteenth earth-century, accommodated many bleachfields for the creation of a flaxen weave highly esteemed around the world. I discover that, later, this commerce greatly benefitted from the land link between two centres of economic stature.
I am fascinated to find that, at one time the incline of this main route so exhausted the beasts pulling transport that the inhabitants simply carved a level passage through the slope.
There is more here that I would like to see… but another destination awaits…
Can you find the answers to these questions?
- What is the name of the settlement?
- What was the name of the son of the settlement with a career of endeavour and endurance?
- What was the name of his last vessel?
- What was the name of the son of the settlement who created an enduring anthem?
- By what name was the anthem most frequently known as?
- What globally esteemed product was manufactured here?
- What is the name of the world’s last producer of the product
- By what local name is the carved out route through the hill known?
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Enjoy the hunt!