Missing my old homes.

I do that too Annie! I spent a very happy hour recently ‘walking’ round the village I grew up in courtesy of Google Earth - a few changes but the majority of it hasn’t changed a bit. I’ve very happy memories of that village and my childhood home

I downsized about six years ago to a new-build which is in a cottage style.

Although it was eventually too big for me I'll always hanker after our garden which we had with our bungalow. The kitchen was nice too - just big enough to have a table and chairs in and it always seemed sunny.

Squiffy do you get annoyed if the front gardens are untidy ?

Annie I do that, too!

I think the reason we bought our cottage when we downsized, was because it reminded us of the house we had when our first DS was born. We had completely renovated it and on reflection were obviously nesting.

I have had 14 during my married life and some I loved more than others. We gradually moved up the property ladder and lived in different parts of the country before moving abroad for a time and then coming back to Oxfordshire where we live now.

The one house I always dream about, though, is our first home. It was an old mid terrace in Lancashire with an outside loo. The old man that sold it to us had lived in it for 70 years and left us most of his Edwardian furniture. It cost us £1,500 pounds. The mortgage was £10 a month and the rates £10 a year. That is the house that is still in my heart.

Sometimes I look at my old homes on google earth , happy and sad memories