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February 5, 2010
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Catapult Develops New Dawn Chorus Day
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A brand new and idyllic tourism experience is on offer in May 2010 at Rydal Mount in Cumbria – the most beloved home of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth and his home for 37 years, from 1813.
Catapult PR has helped Rydal Mount create this very special new event, which will bring Wordsworth’s poetry to life for a group of no more than 40 people.
On Sunday, May 2, visitors pre-booked with the poet’s family home, based at Rydal near Ambleside, will be able to enjoy the tweets and twitters of the dawn chorus, just as William and family did back in the nineteenth century, as daylight emerges over tranquil Rydal.
The Rydal Mount gardens are as far removed from today’s Twittering as one can imagine, being a natural arbour of beauty landscaped by Wordsworth himself and to the Romantic poets’ ideal of having trees planted carefully so as to not obscure the view.
The charming Rydal Mount Dawn Chorus experience will entwine birdsong with some of Wordsworth’s poems, such as To The Cuckoo, To The Skylark, and Daffodils, which will be read aloud by the curator, as the experience unravels.
This wonderful event will start at 05.30 am in the stunning gardens, where the sounds of a woodpecker, robins, chaffinch, thrush, blackbirds, nuthatches and many other birds can often be heard.
The group will listen to the tweet and rustle of nature and appreciate the poetry that Wordsworth would often recite to himself in his summerhouse and on the terraces that he designed.
They should also be able to hear the call of an elusive cuckoo – heard, but not seen. Interestingly, this is how Wordsworth described the bird in his poem – an “invisible thing”, “a voice”, “a mystery” – “still longed for, never seen”.
Once the sun is up, they will be able to enjoy a hearty bap, filled with tasty Cumbrian bacon from the local area, and a warming mug of hot chocolate, tea or coffee.
Visitors can then admire the view from Rydal Mount, which is the only property in the Lake District from which it is possible to see England’s largest and smallest lakes.
There will also be the opportunity to discover some of the magnificent trees and shrubs in the gardens, including a Medlar tree said to have been planted by Wordsworth to remind him of a love he had left behind in France.
Gardeners will also appreciate a rare Fernleaf Beech, and many more varieties besides, presenting a blaze of colour around the beautiful whitewashed, Wisteria-adorned house.
The Rydal Mount Dawn Chorus experience costs £6.00 per person, with an option of adding a tour of the Rydal Mount house to this nature-focused experience for an additional £1.50.
Booking is essential for this experience, which will run from 05.30-07.30. Places are limited in number and can be reserved by calling Rose or Marian on 015394 33002. Early booking is advisable.
Catapult PR’s Jane Hunt says: “As a consultancy Catapult does not just help businesses promote their services; it also helps them develop media and consumer-friendly products that deliver the type of experiences consumers now want to have.
We have helped Rydal Mount develop this new product to bring a new dimension to a visit to this beautiful house and gardens. Hearing the birds and the poetry which Wordsworth wrote about his natural environment should give those booked on this experience a very special memory for years to come and lots of goosebumps. It will truly be something to Twitter about."
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Press calls: Jane Hunt, Catapult PR, 01253 595558 – 07711 628661 - jane@catapultpr.co.uk
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