Sir Laurence de Berkley Compt de Camelford and lord of all he surveys ?

nah, never heard of him ..

True. Just I'm bitter to have dragged all the fleece back out. :)

Mmmm....rain smell is even better than cut grass smell.

I have it all wrong - I'm tryng to remember the place with thatched roofs, not sod roofs. Do you have thatched roofs in Cornwall?

(If you type roofs three times it starts to sound wrong. Rooves maybe?)

My dad's a thatcher y'know.

And yes, Cornwall has loads of thatched roofs.

yes, loads of thatch, most of it protected by law (ie can't replace it with a decent roof)

"...can't replace it with a decent roof"

Why do you say that? Why would you not want a thatched roof?

I don't like most of the creatures that live in thatched rooves

spiders, bugs, creepy-crawlies, mice, etc

and thacth is /very/ heavy, I would worry about all that weight held mostly by dry cob and gravity

And the fire risk, and the maintence costs etc etc

Mice will live in any roof, thatch or no thatch.

Tis true :$

<offers cheese>

Is it Cheshire? Cos I can't be doing with none of that crumbly shit.

I have a small board of a variety. Take your pick.

Mmmmmmmm, Catheeedral cheddaaar :P . . .. .. .

Steve, have you got any online pictures of your balls still? One of my mates is into whittling and was interested when I said I knew a man who did ace balls. Also he wanted to know what sort of wood you used and whether you just used knives.

He uses weasels with retractable teeth.

<Pedant>Knives, dear boy, knives!</pedant>

;o)

Oooh good point, that's what I get for typing quickly when having only recently woken up. I shall edit it right away.

And adjusts the speed by twisting their Scrotums?