Terrible Led Zeppelin Fans Terrorize Welsh Vicar With Sign-Stealing Campaign (Of Terror)
Led Zeppelin fans may have imagined Bron-yr-Aur, enshrined in Zeppelin lore as the Tolkien-sounding place in the Welsh countryside where the band recorded Zep III, as an enormous castle or a tower with a serious-looking moat, but in reality it’s a wee cottage owned by a salty vicar under siege by rampaging Zeppelin fans from around the world. And you thought you were irritated by the run-up to the Zeppelin reunion gig.
“We’ve had more than one break-in and once a photograph was taken near the fireplace and posted on the web,” said Mr Dale, vicar of St Michael’s Church in Michaelston-y-Fedw, between Cardiff and Newport.
“There have been other incidents too, with one quite amusing one where someone removed a piece of cement stuff from the house but later posted it back to us.”
Three house name signs have also gone missing, although Mr Dale hopes the current one will be left alone.
“We’ve resorted to painting the house name on a ruddy great boulder which I’ve concreted into the ground.”
Not just a great boulder but a ruddy great boulder encased in concrete. Taking a photograph and posting on the internet (heavens!) is one thing, but let’s see if those Zeppelin fandals are enterprising enough to drag a jackhammer into the Welsh woodlands.
