 He, however, found it so drafty that he was obliged to make much needed repairs using a calfskin.The most well-known story about Æthelwold, relates how the future Abbot Guthrid visited him on his island with two Lindisfarne monks and, on his journey home, was saved from shipwreck by the saint's prayers.Æthelwold died on 23 March (which is his feast day) 699 (not 720 as is sometimes stated).