Pendle Hill
We incorrectly assumed, as we research after we visit a place so we get the real vibe from it, that Pendle Hill had a larger connection to the Pendle Witch Trials than it actually did. The reason for this was the fact that our Ren, the book lover, is a big fan of The Spooks Apprentice books by Joseph Delaney and they are set here in Pendle. Having explored Witches, Boggarts, and other mystical creatures, she naturally assumed that the landmark would have had a more central role with the supernatural, even though the books are fiction they'd have drawn from the heavy truth of Pendle somewhere. In reality, despite the Pendle Witches being quite the well documented persecution of Witches in the UK, the infamous hill had very little to do with any of it. While obviously it bore witness, many of the 'witches' accused simply lived around or on the site which is why they were dubbed the Pendle Witches, no trials took place here. Considering how hard it was to climb,...
