We drove to Tobel and took the train to Märstetten, to begin where we left off.
The way involved a little walking on tarmac but was otherwise very pleasant.
Stopping in Affletrangen to visit the Reformed church, we were admiring a modern cross on the opposite side of the road,
when a man drew up to park in front of the adjoining house and turned out to be the sculptor himself.
His name is Bernard Lüthi, and we discussed the cross with him, and discovered that was also responsible for the stone 'Way of the Cross' that we had seen earlier.
He invited us to drink coffee (and whisky when he discovered that Angus was Scottish!) on his terrace,
and we spent a pleasant time learning of the local history and in particular about the trials of the Roman Catholic and Protestant farmers of the not too distant past.
Apparently they had to take different routes to their respective churches to avoid conflict!
We continued on to Tobel where we also visited the church before returning to our base.
