February 2024

Poor Boggle

Winter storms and ongoing erosion of the cliffs have finally made the poor Boggle homeless. Boggles are ugly creatures akin to hobgoblins or small trolls, despite their ugly appearance they are kindly creatures and local mothers would bring ill children for the attention and care of the Boggle. Usually some form of gift was left in payment.
There are suggestions that the hole was used to hide smuggled goods, but I can find no proof of this.
I can remember, as a child, exploring the Boggle's cave with a torch. With a modern day eye, I wonder about my parent's ability to make adequate risk assessments, however a: I survived and b: I never met a Boggle.
Sadly, ongoing coastal erosion has reduced the cave to a shallow niche in the rocks. Poor Boggle, joining the homeless.
Perhaps the Boggle have already moved to another home.
I hope so.

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