Tuesday 15 January 2013

Where we live

Some more practice at blogging  - hopefully after feedback received, comments can now be added to the blog both anonymously and without belonging to certain web organisations.



We live on the island of St. Martin's (you may have guessed by now) one of the five inhabited Isles of Scilly in the UK.  St. Martin's has approximately 120 inhabitants and is 3 miles long by 1/2 mile wide ans stretches East to West.  It is the nearest of the Scilly Isles to mainland England.  It has a primary school, 2 churches, a pub (currently not occupied), a hotel, a post office/stores, a bakery and a fish and chips shop.

St. Martin's is surrounded by fine sandy beaches and our home is south facing 50 yards behind the beach between Middle Town and Lower Town.    It is a converted granite barn, originally built in the 19th Century and turned into a cosy home for the two of us.  We have quite a large garden and we enjoy growing flowers and vegetables.

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