Da Vinci Code

So the much hyped movie of the summer has hit the screens. This critic gives it three stars since it has some personal interest. See my great grandparents, William and Susanna Old, lived and died in the village of Roslin, location of Rosslyn Chapel. Susanna's dad owned Wright's the butcher on Main Street. Yep, Roslin is also where Dolly the cloned sheep first bleeted. Why is this corner of rural Scotland of such current interest? Some claim the chapel is connected with the hidden resting place of the Holy Grail. Whether or not there is actually a vault at the church I don't know, even though I was at the church last December. The builder of the chapel purportedly was an influential Knight Templar, descendant of those who defended Jerusalem after the First Crusade. He may consequently have been in on long held biblical secrets. Nice place to visit but maybe not this summer since the Da Vinci sleuths will be out in force. Oh yes, the Apprentice Pillar whose helices may duplicate DNA (before they became known to science), well apparently the master mason killed the upstart apprentice in a jealous rage.