Former editor of Image Interiors magazine Amanda Cochrane long dreamed of escaping London life to live in the countryside for a year. She was convince
d creating the perfect country life would be as simple as discovering the perfect cottage and making apple pie. Or would it?
Walks in the countryside in the first couple of months inevitably involved a quick trip over fields to our local pub, The Globe Inn, which is bliss. It’s got a tiny bar, where everyone from blow-ins like us to the local farmers crams in for a pint and natter. fest with our pooch Marnie, a terrier mix, who snarled right back at them. After breakfast, we headed out on our first walk along a leafy local canal, a five-minute
Walks in the countryside in the first couple of months inevitably involved a quick trip over fields to our local pub, The Globe Inn, which is bliss. It’s got a tiny bar, where everyone from blow-ins like us to the local farmers crams in for a pint and natter. Heading home, we would often forage for blackberries and sloes, which Ben put to good use with the Kittisford martini, a lethal combination of sloe gin mixed with more gin for good measure.
like the cold – or the fuel bills – so she rents out the house for half the year. Returning to the house afterheating, grab some logs from the woodpile, set a huge fire and do some star jumps while we waited for the house to get toasty.
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