Gawain - Finding the Green Chapel

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Selmo

I know both locations very well. I was working at Ecton in the Manifold valley last Monday during the great rainstorms and took the time to visit Wetton Mill. The ford, usually half an inch deep, was again a raging torrent.

I've always thought of Lud's Cave (or Lud's Church) as a suitable location for the Green Chapel but never considered Wetton Mill as such. Perhaps that's because Lud's Church has always been quiet and spooky when I've been there, summer or winter, whereas Wetton Mill has always been full of people (except for last Monday) with children noisily playing in the river; very pleasant but not in the least mythic.
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Lud's Church is one of the few places around the Peak that I've never visited, oddly enough but I'm quite intrigued by the description so it might have to be one for a sunny day (if we get one) this summer. And again, oddly enough, Wetton Mill has always been very quiet when I've been - as I've only ever been during the week! There's an odd area coming up one of the back roads from around Longnor towards Axe Edge that also looks interesting but alas I don't think any of the big mapping websites do ordnance maps now so I can't find a link to where I mean