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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 20:42:23 GMT -5
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Post by Dex on Feb 25, 2017 20:44:01 GMT -5
As long as there's central heating! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2017 21:55:22 GMT -5
As long as there's central heating! lol Mr. Creature Comfort!!! I've had two apartments in California without central heat & air and managed to survive  |
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Post by mouse on Feb 27, 2017 7:31:11 GMT -5
a coombe is natural a half circle of rock usually a mile or so long higher than the surrounding land and noticable from a distance
combes were once used as indicators of where one was on a journey in the days before the Romans and milestones .roads and maps..they exist right across the country
we have a coombe in the village in fact its directly in front of our house about a mile or so away..but trees get in the way of our view of it...unlike a friend whose house has a direct backview over the cricket field and thence up to the top of the coombes..a lovely walk on a summers evening to watch the sun going down
theres yet another combes some 7miles away.. but that one is not as obvious as its tucked away off the beaten track and is home to a small village of houses and farms about 16 or so ..good pub though well kept beers and home cooking rather expensive these days and rather exculsive too and well off the tourist track
our combes has an old Roman road running down one side..and there have been ancient finds of various types..some of the original stones are still in situ..the road led to a Roman camp a couple of miles or so away in one direction ..[and the archeological remains of a presaxon and saxon village in the other direction]
and there was reputedly the last great battle between the Briganties[us]tribes and the Romans on a flat area to the left at the top of the combes [the Romans won]..the dead were supposedly flung off the top of the comes to the rocks below
lots of myths about the area from the presence of Boggarts[imps]to the ghosts of soldiers
modern day whitchcraft and covens
through to the idea that commbs hides a vast underground lakeun likely but the idea is helped when ever there is torrential rain or a cloudburst water rushes of the top forming a huge waterfall and water is also seen to be coming through the rock at various places making smaller waterfalls
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Post by Jessiealan on Feb 27, 2017 7:52:54 GMT -5
This is very attractive. I bookmarked it to visit again. Most of the houses are wonderful looking. The only ones I don't care for are those with only a few, very small windows. I would feel too closed in with one of those.
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Post by mouse on Feb 28, 2017 5:39:43 GMT -5
yes they can be very dark Jessie...though quite often not as dark as one would expect and due to modern decorating materials not at all gloomy or claustrophobic
we have some pretty old type housing around our area...some have had French windows knocked in..others make clever use of mirrors
very cosy in the winter though.... most have large inglenook fireplaces
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Post by Dex on Feb 28, 2017 12:53:35 GMT -5
As long as there's central heating! lol Mr. Creature Comfort!!! I've had two apartments in California without central heat & air and managed to survive We were havin a cold day. It was on my mind. Because you survived doesn't mean yuo liked it! Anyway, when you lived farthr south in CA you were not exactly in a cold climate. |
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Post by mouse on Mar 1, 2017 7:44:14 GMT -5
these old houses its true were not centrally heated but they were never as cold as the Victorian and even some very modern new builds without any heating ..stone keeps the warmth in and the heat out during summer
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