Leper Fields

 Sign outside the two Leper Fields

 Field on left

 Field on right

 Looking down into Taddiport

Looking over to common walks & up to our village

Friday 30th November Had our first really white frosty start to the morning on Thursday so winter is well & truly upon us. Due to car being frozen up on driveway which is north facing & this time of year the back of the house never gets the sunshine it was just a local walk with Beau. On yesterday's walk looking down to Taddiport said to Ros that would be a good walk in the village, so today parked near the river now thankfully gone down with all the rain we have had! Looked down many times to the Leper Fields from our village but not close up, the village of Taddiport is famous for being a Leper colony & they were put down there to stop mixing with other people & the strips allocated to grow all their own food. Each year a festival is held to celebrate the Lepers from the 14th Century http://www.leperfestival.co.uk/ & all money goes to charity. The walk was about a mile & half a little cold but was well wrapped up.

After the walk it was lunch then up to the recycle centre with garden cuttings from dead heading in the week then a visit to RHS Rosemoor with a few purchased made & a visit into the village for banking & post office & yes we still have a bank & post office in our village which is becoming rarer these days I still think villages should be self sufficient with cost of fuel & government making people drive out further what should be local. Sorry on soap-box I digressed.

Update on sitting room all decorating done & room back to normal I have been sorting out shack/study did not realise how much junk was in the cupboards, the study is the old maids room with pine cupboards & yes someone who lived here had a maid/servant & we still have the bell box in the room. No more dead fish in the small pond & if you follow the blog you will understand that comment. Anyway we are battening down the hatches for snow the pantry has been stocked for winter after last years minus 18 & roads were grid locked. Long life milk is in stock & a bread maker purchased & home brew wine as a back up can you tell we were brought up in the 1950s our mum's always had a pantry/store cupboard hard to let the tradition go & why if it works yes I know 24 hour supermarkets but not in our village!