Team Folklore

By Luke Knight "Shall we go for a walk? I know this great coastal path that takes us to this hidden church in the woods - you'll love it". That is (pretty much) what I said to my girlfriend back in July 2023, when we were contemplating what to do with our day. Little did I know, that my suggestion - a walk to St. Beuno's Church, in Culbone - would be the catalyst to my creating Knight Tales. I have been fortunate to visit Culbone, more than once, but most of my visits saw me

By Kathryn Hatchett My father used to tell me, ‘One day, my sweet, King Arthur will return to save the kingdom from peril, and all will be right again.’ Clasping blankets up to my chin in the dim twilight of a bedroom lit only by the light in the hallway, I’d drift off to sleep, dreaming of the mighty King’s return. There was a location of his reappearance too – Cadbury Castle – though when I went there in my preteen years, I was sad to find no castle. Any evidence beyond the

If you wander along the rocky shoreline at Kilve, you are following in some BIG footsteps. Music and Robin Hood fans will of course know that Kilve is where Bryan Adams filmed part of the music video for 'Everything I Do'; but for fans of folklore, its also where ANOTHER Somerset dragon is said to have lived. Legend says that Blue Ben, or 'Old Ben', was a ferocious fire-breathing dragon, who is said to have lived in a cave in the Putsham Hill area of Kilve. Despite his feroci