The next house had a thatched roof.
From the uphill side, a woolly mammoth?
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Dismal interior, but authentic, I'm sure. For authenticity I was trying to use natural light rather than flash and some of the exposures were very, very long and therefore prone to a little blurring from an unsteady hand. |
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Pipework for heating upstairs rooms rather than just a chimney. |
At ground level an enormously useful space under the eaves. |
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A more
primitive stove.
We both thought the leather jacket in this bedroom looked sinister. And (right) the most ornate of three sledges in the "attic" barn.
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Notice the barrel at the far end? It's under the bog and right next to...........
The vegetable garden where massive pumpkins grew on the midden.
Just HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OK, I'll be a little fiercer with the editing, otherwise we'll be here all night.................
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Dammit, there's even a loft in the attic!
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Hold on.... Just look at the width of these planks!
I stood right next to the door and estimated its height at no less than 10ft so you can safely say that most of these planks were 18" in width. The quality implied in those dimensions is simply enormous.
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Rafts
were a major part of this timber-based industry.
