The fairy steps between Arnside & Beetham is on the coffin route. Arnside has no church of its own so the dead used to be brought out of their houses feet first & carried along the coffin route down the fairy steps to the church at Beetham.
As you can see the steps are very narrow & some of us had trouble getting up them!
Apparently the coffins used to be lowered down by rope.
I will be absent from the computer tomorrow as I have a short overnight visit to London.
A bit short of time at the moment as I seem to have a lot on but normal service will be resumed in November when everything slows down.
Three good things:
1. A lovely evening meal at Cathys house tonight which I haven't had to cook myself.
2. A dress shortened & she only charged me £6.
3. My stiff neck from last night is not as bad as I thought it would be.
It looks a pretty hairy escape route for coffins and people! Only a child can squeeze through here! Have a lot of London fun! There will be some good photos arriving!
