Piddle, Puddle or Trent #2

The next village on my day trip “down the piddle” is Piddletrenthide. The cottage above is yards away from the river. This is Church Lane, which unsurprisingly leads to the church. In this case All Saints Church. It’s position is slightly un-usual in that it is in the very north end of the elongated village, stretched out along the river. As usual it’s just about the only public building here.

The south door is Norman, while the tower dates from 1485. In the churchyard two tombstones mark the resting place of two of the Durbefield family. Immortalised by Thomas Hardy in “Tess of the d’Urbervilles. My visit was on a Sunday, the service had just finished, there was a crowd inside, including the vicar. There was cake – lots of cake! It turns out that it was the Vicars birthday! A very welcoming lady came over for a chat, invited me to help myself to cake, when after a couple of minutes I hadn’t, with a smile she informed me I was being shy and brought cake to me!! Very nice it was too! So there I am, Canon EOS in one hand, cake in the other, talking and trying to photograph a stain glass window!! That’s what I call a day out!