A Kink in time

摘要

In my part of the south-west we are accustomed to strange goings-on for which we cannot find a satisfactory explanation. No doubt we derive our phenomena from many generations of superstitious folk. At the same time, I suspect that we must attribute something to the wicked habits of our ancestors. They were not averse to a little smuggling and piracy now and then and used a cunning scheme of reputed hauntings to scare any would-be nosy parkers away from a sensitive area of operations.