I suspect I may just have been very lucky

[Simon_and_Tanja]

Ships' timbers

The deeds show that it's belonged to my family since 1392, but we don't know about the previous occupiers!"

Suspect our house is all together a more humble a dwelling

... but unfortunately probably not a lot warmer. We're still burning wood, coal and oil like its going out of fashion (sic). Romantic though - this is the same justification I use when skinning my knuckles maintaining a 50 year old boat!

 

[peterb]

Suspect our house is all together a more humble a dwelling

... but unfortunately probably not a lot warmer. We're still burning wood, coal and oil like its going out of fashion (sic). Romantic though - this is the same justification I use when skinning my knuckles maintaining a 50 year old boat!

I've visited his house; it's a little Welsh cottage (though extended a bit from the original). Not exactly humble, but not stately either. Still, walls two feet thick do keep out the worst of the weather!