Holy Well

Now I know I said that the Moot House had to be precisely where it was because it was on the intersection of two ley lines - one the "Woburn Ley" from the lion enclosure to Cranfield Airport, the other the "Icknieldley" from Ivinghoe Beacon to Walsingham. I know we resolved precisely where it should be using a plumb line, dowsing rods and a 1974 Ordnance Survey map of Bedford.
But. This week's events have caused me to revisit those decisions. The sudden transformation of the Moot House into a forty-foot wide circular pond has massively increased donations and visits from pilgrims coming to see the miraculous "holy well". Well-dressing looks like being one of the most popular and cost-effective forms of fund raising (and spiritual activity, with deep traditional roots, needless to say) that we have ever initiated. Good grief, the faithful are already throwing money in. Feldred swears blind she saw a Naiad yesterday, and it's these little details that count. If the Moot House was already on a ley intersection, then surely the Holy Well of Husborne Crawley is the crowning glory of the ley.
Digging for the new Moot House, aligned between the Holy Well and the Great Trilithon in the car park, will commence at 8am Thursday. I hope the cries of "oh no not again" will be drowned out by the spontaneous enthusiasm of people keen to create another spot of holiness and reflection in this sacred landscape.