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この墓は、しばしばキティ・ジェイと呼ばれるメアリー・ジェイという若い女性の最後の安息の地であると信じられています。 地元の言い伝えによると、ジェイは18世紀後半または19世紀初頭に近くの教区でメイドとして働いていた孤児の農家の娘でした。彼女は恋に落ち、妊娠しましたが、恋人に捨てられました。絶望し、社会的な疎外に直面したジェイは、自ら命を絶ちました。当時、自殺者は、その魂がさまようのを防ぐために、聖なる場所の外の交差点に埋葬されていました。 ジェイの墓は、悲しみと追悼の象徴となり、常に新鮮な花、硬貨、その他の敬意のしるしで飾られています。その遠隔地にもかかわらず、訪問者は定期的に供え物を残しており、厳しい天候の日でさえ、毎日新鮮な花が現れると言われています。この現象は、多くの地元の伝説や幽霊物語の源となっています。キティ・ジェイの幽霊が墓で泣いているのを見たり、荒野を馬に乗って横切るのを見たりしたと主張する人もいます。 墓の正確な起源と、

luckily there's a footbridge too for those who don't want to get their feet or electric motor wet.

Beautiful Dartmoor roads up to Hound Tor. If coming from Trendlebere, the climbing gets much easier from here.

Always good to stop and see why you are on your bike rather than among the rat race.

Nice

Kitty Jay is said to have been a servant girl at one of the nearby farms. Her lover betrayed her, distancing himself from her when they found out that she was pregnant, rather than taking responsibility and marrying Kitty. In despair, she hanged herself in a barn. In those bygone days suicide victims weren't buried in the churchyard, instead they were buried at the edge of the parish. So here lies Kitty Jay, and you'll notice that there are normally fresh flowers and often gifts left on her grave. No one knows who replaces the flowers so regularly.

This traffic-free road is a really scenic way to get up onto the moors from Shipley Bridge near South Brent. It's technically a bridleway, through the vehicle-wide paved road makes for an easy, gentle climb. Look out though, as the uneven road is starting to crumble in some place. It's a really beautiful pedal as you ride alongside the gushing waterfalls of the River Avon and between bracken, crossing the water a few times as you head up towards the Avon Dam and reservoir.

Leighon Valley Shop, Pure food, Pure Dartmoor, loads of meat, eggs and some icecream :D