S&P close 2351.16
Gold....Atilla
Silver...Pat494
Bronze.Lexcorp
Wow even more record highs.
Back in the 1970s there was an interesting programme on BBC2 about a priest
in France who had suddenly become extremely wealthy. I love buried treasure stories. Apparently while renovating his small church at Rennes Le Chateau he had found a secret compartment in the alter pillar. Inside of which was an ancient parchment.
The writing was deciphered by means of laying out the letters on a chessboard in the order that a knight would take to cover all the squares but only visit each square once.
According to the story in the parchment the local Gaul tribe had grown rich when Rome was sacked by the barbarians. They had subsequently been trapped on top of this mountain and so had buried their loot. Much of which the Romans had plundered from The Temple of Solomon centuries before.
The priest had deciphered the clues and found the treasure with the aid of Poussin's picture of the Shepherds .
Well with a tent and rucksack I rode on my motorcycle a 1,000 miles to this small hilltop village near Carcassonne to have a look. Interestingly he had re-decorated the church in a devilish style. For instance a big mural showed Christ giving his sermon on the Mount but there was a bag of money at his feet. Also the Font was on the back of a devil etc. etc.
I didn't find the treasure hoard but had a good holiday in an area associated with The Templars and mystical groups.
