Today I was getting ready to go down to mum and dad’s when the phone rang. It was mum “You might want to have your camera with you when you come down” Apparently when she was out walking the dog she noticed some artwork being done on our local hill, and she knew that I would get a good view on my way to their house.
So why do I think it is something to blog about on a kindle/book blog?
Well the hill is Pendle and the artwork is the numbers 1612 on the hillside to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials.
Both photos were taken on the same day – just to show how changeable our weather has been.
There are various books written about those events I have read several of them.
Mist over Pendle by Robert Neill is my favourite, and is one of the books that I have re-read a few times. The story is set around Pendle and the villages in that area.
The church at Newchurch is mentioned several times. This church has a grave that is supposed to be a witches grave and a stone called the “eye of god” in the tower.
The Lancashire Witches by W H Ainsworth is a much longer book and more difficult to read partly because some of the dialogue is written in dialect, I read it some years ago and have it on my kindle now to re-read when I have time.
Another book is A Cry of Innocence by Kate Mulholland. I’m sorry to say that although I started reading this I haven’t finished it and it has been abandoned – I didn’t find the story easy to read as the writing didn’t flow.
What an interesting read! I think I shall read Mist over Pendle because I tried to read a Cry of Innocence and I found it difficult too so it would be nice to learn more with a better book. The photos are also interesting, the eye on the church is spooky! also the face on the gravestone!
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