The village was playing up its medieval origins with this greeting from a plague “doctor”:
After that, however, the village was charm everywhere you looked.
A former church is now a bookshop. Here’s the “altar”:
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Traditional skills still in use: plastering and tiling.
Seen on several doors:
There was a “real” church (several, in fact).
And loads more charm:
And shops. A clothes shop:
A fado shop:
And to bring us back to earth, medieval drainage, still operational, I would think.
Anne-O-tations 
I’m intrigued by the door knocker.
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It looks bigger than it is – about 10cm in length.
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Just loving your blog, Anne! Rob particularly interested in the Norway bits as he is going there kayaking and tramping for 2 weeks while we are in England. Kate had baby 5 weeks prem (emergency caesar) so will be heading away soon. All well at school. Jane.xx
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Anne-O-tations wrote:
> anneinabsentia posted: “The village was playing up its medieval origins > with this greeting from a plague “doctor”: After that, however, the village > was charm everywhere you looked. A former church is now a bookshop. Here’s > the “altar”: More titles to enjoy de-coding: ” >
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Thanks, Jane. Have had school dreams about relief going to custard! All the best for your visit with Kate and to Rob for Norway!
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