Spring Whitsunday Regency Picnic.
Britannia Antiquity

Whitsunday, 19^th. Day of May. 3:00pm SLT.
To picnic is to consume not only particular food, but also a specific environment chosen according to an aesthetic standard, and a particular form of sharing food according to certain standards of behavior. It means creating a moveable feast and overcoming difficulties and inconveniences, not only for preparation and transportation, but also for consumption and cleanup. Yet picnicking is the pleasurable pursuit of a leisured people, so the difficulty of moving the feast has some reward. The reward is primarily ideological: it enables the participant to share a form of eating that creates relationships between small groups of people, natural landmarks, and cultural ideals. These relationships form a consciousness of national identity. Picnicking, especially for early nineteenth-century picnickers, was thus away of performing Britishness. How Wordsworth Invented Picnicking and Saved British Culture*: Andrew Hubbell
They had a very fine day for Box Hill Nothing was wanting but to be happy when they got there. Seven miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment, and every body had a burst of admiration on first arrivingJane Austen, Emma
At one time in England, during the Georgian era, noblemen would have hermits living on their land, for instance in a folly, or a cave on the land. The hermit would be provided with food and water, and given a skull, a book and an hour-glass. Some of these "ornamental" hermits didn't talk to the servants, but simply repeated a phrase in Latin. Most grew beards and didn't cut their nails. Notable places with ornamental hermits included Painshill Estate and Hawkstone Park. Where among other attractions to go a see for visiting gust.
The English Regency, strictly is the years 1811 When George the IV, Prince of Wales, became the Prince-Regent because of a Mental ailment of King George the III, and goes to the Death of King George the III in 1820 and George the IV become King of England in his own right. King George the IV rules Great Britain in his own name till 1830, when he dies and is succeeded by his brother, The Prince William, Duke of Clarence who become King William the IV from 1830 to 1837.
In a More General terms, The Regency is the latter half of the Georgian Era, also many use a broader use of the Regency to include the Napoleonic Wars, as many of the people as well as styles in Fashion start at about that time and the Prince of Wales was having more influence. So 1793 to 1820.
About "Whitsunday"
It's the 7th Sunday after Easter, and traditionally the start of a week of holiday for medieval England. Elsewhere this Sunday was known as Pentecost.
The day may be named after the white dresses worn by ladies on this day, or more likely for the "wytte" or wisdom brought to the apostles by the Holy Spirit on Pentacost.
The pagan feast of Beltaine once launched the summer season, but in later times Whitsunday took on this place in the agricultural calendar.
As it marks the beginning of summer and also a holiday, it's the perfect day to go picnicking.
About the HERMIT
Why would a country estate house a hermit in its hills, and why should the picnickers seek him out and disturb his solitude?
It was a status symbol for the landed gentry to allow a hermit to live on their country estate, in a grotto or hut, and provide his meals. In return he prayed for them, dispensed wisdom when consulted, and conferred status.
In his novel "Snuff," Sir Terry Pratchett describes the role of the estate hermit as hereditary:
"Unbroken tradition of herming for nearly three hundred years, dispensing pious thinking and the knowledge that all paths lead but to the grave, and other somber considerations, to all those who seek us out..."
The hermit is typically robed in a rough habit like a monk's, and may carry a skull (perhaps as Pratchett suggests that of one of his ancestors) or a heavy tome (a book - possibly a bible). He is ancient and venerable, with a long beard which may have some twigs and bits of food entangled in it.
Whitsunday is a particularly auspicious occasion on which to seek out a hermit and receive wisdom, as it is the day upon which the Holy Spirit descended and dispensed "wytte" or wisdom, to the apostles.
So we will frolic, cavort, and be festive, but also take time to receive a bit of wisdom and give alms to the holy hermit.

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Spring Whitsunday Regency Picnic.
Britannia Antiquity
To picnic is to consume not only particular food, but also a specific environment chosen according to an aesthetic standard, and a particular form of sharing food according to certain standards of behavior. It means creating a moveable feast and overcoming difficulties and inconveniences, not only for preparation and transportation, but also for consumption and cleanup. Yet picnicking is the pleasurable pursuit of a leisured people, so the difficulty of moving the feast has some reward. The reward is primarily ideological: it enables the participant to share a form of eating that creates relationships between small groups of people, natural landmarks, and cultural ideals. These relationships form a consciousness of national identity. Picnicking, especially for early nineteenth-century picnickers, was thus away of performing Britishness. How Wordsworth Invented Picnicking and Saved British Culture*: Andrew Hubbell
They had a very fine day for Box Hill Nothing was wanting but to be happy when they got there. Seven miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment, and every body had a burst of admiration on first arrivingJane Austen, Emma

At one time in England, during the Georgian era, noblemen would have hermits living on their land, for instance in a folly, or cave on the land. The hermit would be provided with food and water, and given a skull, a book and an hour-glass. Some of these "ornamental" hermits didn't talk to the servants, but simply repeated a phrase in Latin. Most grew beards and didn't cut their nails. Notable places with ornamental hermits included Painshill Estate and Hawkstone Park. Where among other attractions to go a see for visiting gust.

The English Regency, strictly is the years 1811 When George the IV, Prince of Wales, became the Prince-Regent because of a Mental ailment of King George the III, and goes to the Death of King George the III in 1820 and George the IV become King of England in his own right. King George the IV rules Great Britain in his own name till 1830, when he dies and is succeeded by his brother, The Prince William, Duke of Clarence who become King William the IV from 1830 to 1837.
In a More General terms, The Regency is the latter half of the Georgian Era, also many use a broader use of the Regency to include the Napoleonic Wars, as many of the people as well as styles in Fashion start at about that time and the Prince of Wales was having more influence. So 1793 to 1820.

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