Thanks to all the good sports who appreciated the April Fool's post. Several were fooled but some of you got it straight away.
There were three clues:
- the bell had disappeared from the photograph on the spoof article, but not from the reflection in the windows. See? aaahh...
- The alleged inscription - L'oo f lirpa - is nonsense. Unless you spell it backwards...
- The reference to Proverbs 12.23 is completely accurate. Those of you who looked it up found, "...the mind of a fool broadcasts folly". That's me, then.
To spare anyone's blushes, I'm not publishing the kind comments on the blog which expressed concern at our loss. You're lovely people and much more caring than your cruel vicar, who promises not to mislead you for at least another 365 days.
