St Teath is the village in north Cornwall we will be staying in for a week. Like many other villages in Cornwall it is perched on the top of a hill surrounded by farming country. The houses are made of local stone, sometimes painted white or cream. The colour of villages can vary, depending on the colour of the local stone. We are staying with Clare, Jon, Tom, Georgie and Harry. Friends of Clare and Jon’s, Lucy and Duncan Staff are staying in a little cottage next door, together with their daughter Evie, who is 11.
The cottage is called Clock Tower Cottage, after the village clock tower directly outside. The clock chimes every hour and, like the call to prayer in Qatar, measures out the day and eventually is only noticed if we need to. There’s a cottage called Holm Cottage up the road. The cottage has flagstones on the floor. It is cosy and a bit dark. Georgie and I share a room upstairs. There’s a big dark dining room directly underneath. At night we play cards, Newmarket and racing demons.
The kids all get on well. Leo and Robbie have (re)discovered Lord of the Rings models. They had a brief phase in NZ and have rediscovered them through Jon who is a keen gamer. He has been sitting patiently with them, showing them exactly how to paint the models and explaining how the games work. The kids all disappear periodically off to one of two local parks to let off steam on the days we have at the cottage. We have bought a pile of DVDs with us and they watch one in the evening, or else (favourite) an episode of “House”.
The cottage is called Clock Tower Cottage, after the village clock tower directly outside. The clock chimes every hour and, like the call to prayer in Qatar, measures out the day and eventually is only noticed if we need to. There’s a cottage called Holm Cottage up the road. The cottage has flagstones on the floor. It is cosy and a bit dark. Georgie and I share a room upstairs. There’s a big dark dining room directly underneath. At night we play cards, Newmarket and racing demons.
The kids all get on well. Leo and Robbie have (re)discovered Lord of the Rings models. They had a brief phase in NZ and have rediscovered them through Jon who is a keen gamer. He has been sitting patiently with them, showing them exactly how to paint the models and explaining how the games work. The kids all disappear periodically off to one of two local parks to let off steam on the days we have at the cottage. We have bought a pile of DVDs with us and they watch one in the evening, or else (favourite) an episode of “House”.
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