From Turnastone we carried on up the west slopes of the Golden Valley towards the Black Mountains, braving the network of single-track roads (we had to a long reverse to let the postie through). But it was well worth it to at last reach St Margaret's Church in the dispersed parish also called St Margaret's. It's a typical little Norman two-cell building, beautifully kept - and boasting the finest rood loft in the county, in the Welsh style, dating from about 1500. (These lofts and screens were a late rather than early medieval thing). Now in bare wood, we can admire its exquisite carving, but I presume that back in the day it would have been highly-coloured in the usual way.

Pause to admire and ponder too the well-repainted eighteenth-century texts ("Go and sin more" confronts you over the door as you leave...) and the fine Arts and Crafts east window by A J Davies of the Bromsgrove Guild.

Not to be missed!