Not far outside Shaftesbury, on a country road heading towards our campsite, my travelling companion, Dave, told me about the original purpose of the stone mushroom garden ornaments pictured above.
He excitedly revealed that the staddle stones, as they were originally known, were originally designed and used to support agricultural buildings such as granaries through raising them a couple of feet off the ground to prevent both rats and water from ever reaching the (food) stores. My friend, Dave, is full of all this kind of countryside information.
Below, there is a picturesque house that we saw on the way to the campsite.
And the picture below is of St. James church just coming into sight, once we saw St. James (while walking out of Shaftesbury), we knew which route to take to the campsite:
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