La Pied au Boef

The last day of the Autumn Walking Festival and I was backstopping for my friend Andy’s walk. And a cracking walk it was. Incredibly blustery with one or two showers but a really good group of people who were totally unfazed by the weather.
On the Eastern border of L'Ancresse Common is a hill known locally as Hougue Patris. Before it was quarried the hill had a 'sacred' which has long since disappeared, but what still remains is the depression in the stone known as La Pied au Boef. It is said that this is a hoofprint left by the Devil as he was driven out of Guernsey by a local Saint.