Entry #3 in a series of occasional picture posts about my life...

[annwfyn]

I was pottering on the internet today and I found this picture:



My father's house is just past the church. According to wildrogue it's practically a town by Somerset standards. According to the occasional Londoners I've dragged out there, it's a back country hick town and they are surprised anyone has even discovered fire out there. There's a church, a supermarket, a lot of pubs and a lot of horses. The entire town is based on the racing industry.

I remember being woken up at 6 am when I was little by the noise of the stable lads shouting to each other as they rode out.



The photo above is another pic - I think it's years old now. That's the road I was brought up on.

No real reason for any of this. Just me putting up some pics somewhere to try and put some pictures to the place I do talk about quite a bit.

Comments

[suave-steve.livejournal.com]

Looks quite nice.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

It was a nightmare when I was a teenager. Twas miles and miles from anywhere with absolutely nothing to do, and in those days it was really racing industry dominated which made it a bit rough.

We were on page 3 of the Independent once as 'the heroin capital of the south of England'. Tis rather pretty tho, and as I've gotten older I have grown to appreciate bits of it more and more.

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

and as I've gotten older I have grown to appreciate bits of it more and more

The village or the heroin capital? :p

[suave-steve.livejournal.com]

Yes but teenagers never grow up where they would like. My home town would be similar in set up but a big larger really.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

C'mon...how on earth did you people think I was funding a masters?

[wildrogue.livejournal.com]

Practically? It is a town by Westcountry standards. More than two shops, a large church, a school and one pub per twenty people. It has a supermarket and everything.
(As a reference for city dwellers, a village has up to five streets, up to two shops, probably a church, a tiny primary school if you're lucky and only two pubs, three if it's very pretty so the locals don't have to mix with tourists)

[twicedead.livejournal.com]

yeah right, we both know you only moved there because you misread it as 'the heroine capital of the south of England'.

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

I thought Lambourne was rather nice when I visited.

On a completely unrelated note, have you received any mysterious packages in the post yet?

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

We have a primary school but no secondary school. At St Barts I counted as one of the back woods hicks that had to be shipped in via taxi because there wasn't a good enough bus service to get us there reliably.

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Did you not get my text? It arrived yesterday.

*hugs*

Gorgeous and muchly shiney top.

[headinclouds.livejournal.com]

No, didn't get a text. :(

I thought was appropriate, though. And it has your name on it and everything, just in case you forget who you are. ;)

[lilitufire.livejournal.com]

That's nice to see - I may google for Kislingbury and copy. :)