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Booo! Did I make you jump? :) :) If we follow this trail it should lead us out of the 'Wizards walk' in Alderley Edge wood and leave the Wizard behind us (I hope!). The Wizard of Alderley Edge by the Hon. Louisa Stanley (1834): Who is he ? -- He Who, beneath the Holy Well Where secrets dwell, Can tell Where the Iron Gates are hid : Who, when the time is ripe, will bid Them to expand and show Their treasure heap, And, striking with his wand, Awake from sleep Steeds and an armed band, The which for England's safety 'tis decreed Will issue forth when in her utmost need : He, who on the heights of Alderley awaits The coming of the day : He, who is seldom seen by mortal sight, And seen, seen only in the gloom of night On Milk-white steed : He is the Wizard, whom the Fates Have bid to do the deed, Strike with his wand the Iron Gates, And wake the armed band!