Mr. C. goes to Wincle ?
With luck Mr. C will be out today walking from Wincle via Danebridge to Lud's Church. He's hopefully going to be checking one of the walks for the next book - Drive and Stroll in Derbyshire and the Peak District - and hopefully he won't get lost.
Lud's Church [pictured] is an unusual place and well worth visiting. It's described as a chasm on the OS White Peak Map and that's what it is I suppose. Nearby Sir Gawain killed the Green Knight and there are all sorts of stories of what it used to be used for - it seems unlikely the Luddites met there but it would make a good hiding place. [However as most everybody locally would know of it I would assume that if someone was going to hide thereabouts Lud's Church would probably be the first place they would look !]
The pub I'll be using in the book is The Ship at Wincle - this is just up the road from Danebridge itself and is a really nice pub. If it was nearer I would visit it more often. The last time I was there I had an excellent pint of beer and two Staffordshire oatcakes filled with bacon and brie. Delicious.
A good walk and a good pub.
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Well it seems Mr. C didn't get round to checking this walk this last weeekend so we'll have to wait for a few more days yet to see how he got on.
Mr C, hope the following is of use when you do the walk. Lud's Church is a landslip and is not named after the Luddites, but Walter de Ludauk who was a leader of the Lollards, followers of the religious reformer John Wycliffe. Ludauk's daughter is reputedly buried at the entrance to the chasm; she was killed when a band of soldiers attacked the worshippers. Moreover, the Green Knight was not killed by Sir Gawain. Gawain cut off the Knoghts head at the court of King Arthur, but the Green Knight picked up his head and rode off challenging Gawain to a re-match at the Green Chapel a year later. Sir Gawain survives the encounter, but learns a valuable knightly lesson on the way. Incidentally, one of the best known translations of the poem is by JRR Tolkein. Better known these days for his works of fiction.
Thank you for that Geof - I will pass on the details to Mr. C.
You ought to write a book ......
Have received confirmation that Mr. C. has managed to walk this route and all is well.
just me Charlie-----stardust 360-----l was looking in your pages and came to see the beautiful picture.your home in the UK is wonderful. l love see your pictures a lot. have a good day
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