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Books to readThe Cottage lies in a quiet valley, previously home to a lime kiln, a corn mill, a tramway and a railway. None of these remain, and it has been returned to rural tranquility.
Books authored locally & which will give you a flavour of the area The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee - this book opens with a scene of the Crossing Cottage That Boy by Robert Jenkins - this book describes Bob's childhood and meeting our grandfather by the river at the cottage Never Learn to Type by Dame Margaret Anstee - this book describes Dame Margaret's visits to our valley, during her childhood Running for the Hills by Horatio Clare Fly-fishing The Welsh Borderlands by Roger Smith Eve Green by Susan Fletcher On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin At the Bright Hem of God by Peter Conradie History The train, when it passed, was as big as the house... |
And quiet corners in which to read them |
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