A Son of the Rock

Romaldkirk is a village in Teesdale, England. We visited it as the good lady had seen an article in the newspaper saying what a nice wee place it was and that it had a good pub for a meal.

It is quite picturesque; a fairly typical English village with a green.

Its most interesting building is the church, St Romald’s, parts of which date back to Saxon times:-

I must confess I hadn’t heard of St Romald. Neither it seeems has the internet – at least on the first page if you search for St Romald. I did find this Teesdale Mercury article on page 2. It dates from 1882 and it seems there are three claimants to the title.

Church’s stained glass window from outside:-

Church tower:-

Rear of church:-

Another angle:-

Church Tower from inn:-

There were in fact two pubs/inns in the village. To have lunch we went into the one mentioned in the newspaper article. We both opted for the mushroom soup.

Mistake. The soup was so seasoned it ought to have been described as pepper (as in salt and pepper) soup. A great disappointment. As was the bread slice which came along with the soup. That was so aerated it ought to have been called holey bread.