St Chad’s Cemetery

This is a beautiful cemetery. It’s tranquil. Leafy. Smells good.
I discovered this cemetery and church by chance as I was trying to wend my way through construction zones toward Kirkby town centre.
There was a funeral on, and I walked by with my head down trying to look sombre yet sneaking glances over the stone all now an then to spy delightfully old, mossy headstones and sagging trees.
After I was done at the town centre I returned, and gladly the funeral party was gone so I was able to explore. The older part of the cemetery is near the front of the church yard. While most of these stones seem to be only around 100 years old a lot of them look much older. It’s pure delight for those of us who are fascinated by such gloomy scenes.
A perfect place to explore on a crisp fall morning, and a nice place to sit in the grass and read a book or write poems among the squirrels and birds.