The National Trust describes Skirrid as “a mountain of myths and legends”
It’s only 486m and the entire loop I take is no more than 4 miles but there is something quite magical about this place.
The Holy Mountain as she is also known. At the top are the remains of St Michaels Chapel where Catholics would worship in secret.
There are two legends that surround the mountain too, both regarding the landslide at the northern tip which you can see in this shot and when you approach from the north.
The first claims that a massive lightning strike hit it at the moment Christ was crucified.
The second states that a giant by the name of Jack O’Kent who had a bet with the Devil over whether Sugar Loaf stood higher than the Malvern Hills. Jack won and so the Devil collected an apron of soil which he intended to tip on the Malvern Hills, however his apron caught on Skirrid and he ended up dumping the soil all over the northern tip.
