"Don't Piss off the Fairies" Fairy Steps Cottage Beetham
Near the fairy steps, the warning relates to the Fairy Steps which are a flight of naturally occurring limestone stairs squeezed between two sheer rock faces nearby they are named as such because legend has it that should you climb or descend the steps without touching the sides of the narrow gully the fairies will grant you a wish.
These steps have been an attraction to the area for over two hundred years, back in the late Victorian times coach loads of tourists would arrive in the hope of having their wishes granted by the fairies. Now it's an attraction for holiday lets.
"Don't Piss off the Fairies" Fairy Steps Cottage Beetham
Near the fairy steps, the warning relates to the Fairy Steps which are a flight of naturally occurring limestone stairs squeezed between two sheer rock faces nearby they are named as such because legend has it that should you climb or descend the steps without touching the sides of the narrow gully the fairies will grant you a wish.
These steps have been an attraction to the area for over two hundred years, back in the late Victorian times coach loads of tourists would arrive in the hope of having their wishes granted by the fairies. Now it's an attraction for holiday lets.