Day 18 - January 18th

We went for a walk this afternoon over the fields and I took this photo from a foot bridge over a stream looking back towards the parish church (that dates mainly from the 14th century) on the hill.

Local folk-lore says that originally, the foundations for the church had been dug elsewhere. Every morning after the builders had started construction, they would arrive to find that the materials, stone, tools, everything needed to build the church, were gone and could be located on top of the hill where the church now stands.This went on for weeks, so the builders gave up carting everything back down to the original site and built the church where it was destined to be. Its more likely that the church was built on the hill so it can be seen for miles around, but its an interesting story none the less.