It looks idyllic .... not a motorway or pylon in sight. What's the population Raven? I bet it's not many ...

This is our wee village, very small but has a pub, hotel  and a couple of shops. We stay just outside the village, top left of photo just near the fields.

It sounds too good to be true ....else I could go for something like that.

Now that does sound like a typical village with an unsightly motorway stuck by it. But a paper shop snd chippy? That's lucky.
I've never seen so many nail bars, Turkish barbers and vaping shops.

We have a local church.. Also a WW1 cenotaph..A very large park with a very old Priory building ( owned over the years by the wealthy).. 
The breed of dog has changed over the years.. Labradors are not the latest fashion.
We also have a little Co-op.. butchers .. chemist.. paper shop and chip shop..
And.. just as an added extra ..we have the M25 at the top of a very steep hill.

I don't envy the guy then as he's got another court case pending for assaulting a police officer which he peaded Not guilty too.
He'll likely get life for that one.

I don't know .... what is village life now?
Where I live there are a load of yummy mummys and fellas wearing shorts all year round and lots of cockapoos. Last month there was a couple of teenage girls riding horses in the park. 
The affluent and trendy have electric gates to their properties and a lot hang out at the shisha bar puffing their hookahs.
No mosque ....yet. Just a WW1 cenotaph.

Quote from: Dextrous63 on Today at 02:23:16 PMOui, si, ja.

Aah,  thought so .  

Quote from: klondike on Today at 02:43:26 PM

That's absolutely correct.   
 It has been mandatory for some time now.  

Sent him an email. Hope he's sorted...