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Where
we live
This
is the main street of the village where we live.
It is half an hour's walk from an awesome stretch of coastline of
great geological interest. It is very wild and rugged,
We live on the outskirts of the village, down a small lane. |
Here's
our little cottage, seen from down the lane. It is made of cob
(a mixture of mud and small stones) and was built in the year 1733.
The lane is very narrow
(only ten feet wide, and 8' 6" at its narrowest
point).
In the Spring, the banks of the lane are covered in primroses.
(This is going downhill from our cottage)
Here's
a picture of our back porch ...
(that old plastic tub is our funky mailbox)
... and around behind it, the old well.
We pump the water from the well to water the garden.
It is not clean
enough to drink. In years gone by, though,
before the mains water was
connected, this well was the
only water supply for all the cottages in
our lane,
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This
what it looks like at the front, in the summertime - |
(That's
the shed, where we keep the coal for our ancient Rayburn stove) |
In
summer, the wildflowers around here are stupendous.
We
have a favourite spot for sitting in the sun on summer mornings,
in
complete privacy.
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We
grow grapes in what used to be the garage. (We put a transparent roof
on it)
They get ripe by the end of September.
We spend as much time as we can in the garden, except in the dead of
winter.
Although it gets quite cold in the winter, it doesn't usually snow very
much,
as we are so close to the ocean. But one year it really did
snow...
There
was even enough to
make a snow woman, to sit on the gatepost.
She
lasted till nightfall, but by morning all that
was left was her hat
and her scarf,
in a little puddle on the ground.
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Now here are some
pictures of the inside of our cottage.
We
hope you enjoyed this little tour of our house and surroundings.
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