After Tree and I had our small sojourn to the South West counties, and realised that moving there will not meet with our requirements, our sights turned back to Wales. To be honest, I was not sure why we discarded the place on our last visit. I mean, we want to live somewhere quiet, with not too many tourists, near the sea, open countryside, nearer to our pagan roots and with our own woodland, preferably. This doesn't sound like Cornwall really. I think the problem with Wales has been it's negative image. Think of Wales and most people think of rain, burning holiday cottages, sheep and chapel. In fact, after nerdy boy here did some research, I found out that the mainstay of industry isn't sheep farming, but willow withy growing. There has been a massive resurgence in the craft and lots of farms are restoring their coppiced willows. Also, and not to be boring, the rainfall in mid Wales is less, yearly, than in Worcester and the average number of hours of sunshine are greater and hotter !!
Tree and I are off soon to investigate, so I will keep you posted !!!
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