Callaly Castle stands around 9 miles west of Alnwick. Converted into private apartments, there’s currently no public access. Yet the castle features an odd history, and the fairy folk make an appearance in the story of its foundation. So what we’re going to ask ourselves today is… Was the location of Callaly Castle really picked […]
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The Legend behind the Black Knight
This week’s Friday Flash, A Black Night In The Churchyard, seems to have captured a lot of people’s imaginations. After the good reception that my post on Bunhill Fields cemetery got, I thought I would dabble in local history again and explain a little about the setting that inspired my flash. In the heart of […]
Friday Flash – A Black Night in the Churchyard
A small rock scuttled across the medieval stones. A fox looked up from his foraging near the gate. His amber eyes saw the Black Knight sitting on a low tomb. The knight kicked his feet against the faded inscription, and fiddled with his gauntlets. He cast his gaze around the lurching gravestones. He no longer […]
