Of Griffins and the creatures of story

While walking around Coombe Abbey the other day I came across the two Griffin from John Leach and the Devil, a Huntingdonshire/Cambridgeshire story.


There they were frozen to stone and looking lovely, the stone nicely coloured with age and blobs of lichen on them.

Suitably reminded of a story and thinking of mythological creatures I wandered on along a yew hedge to a gatepost only clear because the hedge has been cut, its partner was still completely  clothed in yew. Thing is what creature is it, I am thinking Dragon  it had four legs and wings although the scaling was quite large, mouth was almost fish like but could be artistic license I suppose. Not completely sure, anyone got any other ideas..........

Finally another Glove,ha ha ha ha ha

Its been ages since I last blogged a glove, I was beginning to think they had all been cleared up or had been hidden but no I have found another.

This one was impaled on a length of chestnut paling at Coombe Abbey in Warwickshire, poor little thing all alone and hoping to be reunited with its young owner looking at the size of it, aahh bless it..........