Bicycle touring England. Thatched
roofs are amazingly thick. My favourites were the ones with intricate
designs cut into them. David and Joan, a couple we met while
cycling through their village one afternoon, have a thatched
roof cottage (affectionately named Cobweb Cottage), and they
had just had the thatch redone. They told us it was very expensive
to have replaced as there are not many artisans left that still
do thatched roofs. And the amount of straw! Their entire front
yard was covered to a depth of six feet! |