It may be cold and windy, but the sunshine is beautiful – when we’re not in the shade, that is. In this natural hollow, we’re sheltered from the stiff north-easterly breeze, but for the first half-mile or so, the wooded hill to the south-west blocks the sun (there’s no easy solution). Then we’re back into its warmth (that’s a relative term), and it’s great to be out enjoying Christmas Day in this quiet little corner of our world.

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