Monday 18 October 2010

One In Two Million

Just reading a magazine, a new one to me today which I have not seen before, an edition of Coast I spotted the following statistic;

2 Million people in the UK
can see the sea
from an upstairs window

Amazing! And I am one of the lucky ones. When we moved to Brighton sixteen years ago now, there were few houses we could afford. We had a choice of one really, so we bought it. It's a town house within walking distance of a cobble beach, and it was only after we moved in and the grey skies changed to summer blue ones, that we realised we could see the sparkling sea and yachts from our bedroom windows, and hear the motor boats go past with the windows open. We were thrilled with our house, and still are, although the number of stairs is trying for my arthritic knees.
I've been hunting through my old photos and came up with these from when we first moved into the house, but you'll have to forgive the image quality as they are not digital ......

the house itself

the distant sea from the front of the close

....and the view of the sea from one of the rear bedrooms.

Do you consider yourself lucky with the location of your home? Are you one of the two million too?

8 comments:

  1. I'm not, but I think I'd like to be ... as long as it's a view from Scotland!

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  2. How lovely! I love our location too - close enough for the school run to be a walk, ten minutes into town one way and into the countryside the other way. It's a good thing to take a minute to be thankful for every so often.

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  3. I can't see the sea from my house but the view from my kitchen window is always a treat - check out the header pic on my blog!!

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  4. i do love the location of our house, but not because we have a view of the sea. more because we live so close to my parents, and my sisters. how wonderful for you to have such a lovely view!

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  5. Hi Ann...lucky you a fab view you have...not got views here but do love where it is everything is around the corner just across the road or with minutes in the car...love being close to everything..last house was in the middle of no where..well almost hehe
    Hugs Suz x

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  6. Hi again..l do hope so...lol
    But they also like to sit and stop who every is outside from getting in sometimes...fun game to play hey?
    Hugs Suz x

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  7. You were right they all love the new BIG cat tunnel hehe
    Hugs Suz x

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  8. Yes I'm lucky .... can just see the sea between two houses opposite .

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