The mysterious monk!😂 - James Herriot
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As I'm sure you all know already, I've been reading the second book of James Herriot's memoirs as a Yorkshire country vet. One of his friends/colleagues and brother to Siegfried, is Tristan. Tristan had quite a mischievous personality and was always known for making his older brother very angry. One time he crashed both of Siegried's only cars and this sent his brother over the edge because they needed the cars to carry all the expensive veterinary equipment and to get from farm to farm so it was certainly an inconvenience. However, this time, he did something even worse. There was a country myth going around that this monk would turn up by this chapel on a specific night and as soon as the drivers saw him by the road, they would rev up their engines and soar up the road. Little did they know that it was actually Tristan! One time, he played the prank on James and heard him soar off into the distance after coming back from a farm. When he got home, Tristan hid behind the window of his bedroom and James was so scared that he actually thought it was a real ghost! He then eventually found out that it was Tristan and calmed down a little bit after.
However, after a long hard days work on a farm, James took a ride back with a big muscular farmer. When they passed the chapel in the middle of the night and the farmer saw the monk, he pulled over immediately and came running after him with a big stick! Tristan, unable to hear anything, hid in a drainpipe on a building site. The farmer returned to the car, all flustered, and they drove back home. When James walked into his room in the house, he could see Tristan lying on the bed with a hot water bottle, shivering. He said he hid in the damp drainpipe for ages with gusts of wind entering the pipe constantly. He couldn't hear or see anything so he didn't know when it was safe to get out. After this horrific event, Tristan never showed up as the monk anymore and the country myth of the monk by the chapel, became an undiscovered mystery to this day.
What do you think of this story? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be sure to reply to them. I ♡ hearing from you!
See you next time,
Bye,
XOX, Juliette
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As I'm sure you all know already, I've been reading the second book of James Herriot's memoirs as a Yorkshire country vet. One of his friends/colleagues and brother to Siegfried, is Tristan. Tristan had quite a mischievous personality and was always known for making his older brother very angry. One time he crashed both of Siegried's only cars and this sent his brother over the edge because they needed the cars to carry all the expensive veterinary equipment and to get from farm to farm so it was certainly an inconvenience. However, this time, he did something even worse. There was a country myth going around that this monk would turn up by this chapel on a specific night and as soon as the drivers saw him by the road, they would rev up their engines and soar up the road. Little did they know that it was actually Tristan! One time, he played the prank on James and heard him soar off into the distance after coming back from a farm. When he got home, Tristan hid behind the window of his bedroom and James was so scared that he actually thought it was a real ghost! He then eventually found out that it was Tristan and calmed down a little bit after.
However, after a long hard days work on a farm, James took a ride back with a big muscular farmer. When they passed the chapel in the middle of the night and the farmer saw the monk, he pulled over immediately and came running after him with a big stick! Tristan, unable to hear anything, hid in a drainpipe on a building site. The farmer returned to the car, all flustered, and they drove back home. When James walked into his room in the house, he could see Tristan lying on the bed with a hot water bottle, shivering. He said he hid in the damp drainpipe for ages with gusts of wind entering the pipe constantly. He couldn't hear or see anything so he didn't know when it was safe to get out. After this horrific event, Tristan never showed up as the monk anymore and the country myth of the monk by the chapel, became an undiscovered mystery to this day.
What do you think of this story? Let me know in the comments below and I'll be sure to reply to them. I ♡ hearing from you!
See you next time,
Bye,
XOX, Juliette
My social media handles:
My Instagram
My YouTube channel
My main blog:
Keeping Up With Juliette
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