The old world.
Very much a struggle yesterday.
So i missed a day. Finishing off a long sci fi story about the apocalypse,
which doesn't want to end... well, the end already happened
i suppose before the story began.
And wasn't it cold? Well it was here...
Fit for the world of ancient England.
I was thinking about the prehistoric hillforts.
Highdown has always had a soft spot for me. It's a great
Viewpoint overlooking thesea from Worthing to Littlehampton..
You would think that something ancient walked here, but if it does,
then the story of the peculiar tomb of Old John Oliver has eclipsed it.
He was the miller from Lancing (b 1709) who was buried
in a showy tomb, before the stile, which leads up to the hill.
They say that he was buried upside
down because on judgement day, everything would be turned
Topsy-turvy. Well, that must be now, as everything's topsy-turvy now.
Which must be why his ghost has been seen and heard.
He was reputed to be a smuggler, so maybe he had
other uses for the tomb!
I think this is a mysterious haunted place in its own right.
Quite apart from him.
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then the story of the peculiar tomb of Old John Oliver has eclipsed it.
He was the miller from Lancing (b 1709) who was buried
in a showy tomb, before the stile, which leads up to the hill.
They say that he was buried upside
down because on judgement day, everything would be turned
Topsy-turvy. Well, that must be now, as everything's topsy-turvy now.
Which must be why his ghost has been seen and heard.
He was reputed to be a smuggler, so maybe he had
other uses for the tomb!
I think this is a mysterious haunted place in its own right.
Quite apart from him.
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