On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:51:35 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

I think Anna's place is thatched.

No its not and I think that is actually a blessing in disguise cos
though it may look pretty thatch is expensive to maintain and risky to
light fires underneath. The house used to be thatched until 1960 but
then it was given a new roof of concrete tiles. Must have been very
ugly initally but now they are covered in lichen and look ok

Anna

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