Christmas Story The King of the Clouties
Welcome to the round robin for December. Skye, our convener, challenged us to write a story, poem or essay for Christmas. Mine is called THE KING OF CLOUTIES. It's chopped into chapters to make it easier to keep track. If you'd rather read offline, send me a note and I'll email you the PDF. Please check out my fellow bloggers' pieces. Their links are below. The King of the Clouties Rating It was the day before Christmas—Christmas Eve, in fact—two years ago and I was nursing overstressed feet in a DYI B&B. According to the advert, Wayside Lodge was a historic, picturesque, economical, comfortable and flexible port of call on the Saxon Way. When writing reviews of places I’ve stayed, I strive for impartiality. I remind myself that what I assumed is not important. What was stated or implied in the advertising; that’s what’s important. I’ll now consider those statements in detail. 1. Is Wayside Lodge historic? Undoubtedly. It was the lodge of a now...