Let me introduce to you my uvver office. Quite a different kettle of
This one involves a three-mile journey out into the Lancashire countryside, over hills and dales, like Postman in his little red van.
Till you arrive at this old mill next to the River Lune.
Because this old mill, you see, is the centre of Lancaster Co-housing - a sort of commune. Except you get your own house - with eco 'passiv' heating and a balcony overlooking the river.
There's a common room where they can eat together en masse.
A yoga room.
A 'makerspace' with potters' wheels and woodworking equipment. A million different events on offer from Non-violent communication courses to a Klezmer ceilidh to Gong Baths. And all sorts of nooks and crannies with all sorts of quirky characters doing clever, arty and planet-savey things.
*I am so way out of my league on the hippy front*
I go on Wednesdays because that's the day the Hivers all have lunch together in the You Can Flourish cafe in the mill which works with people with special needs. This Wednesday it was vegan tomato and red pepper quiche, two salads and a dairy-free muffin (for a fiver).
Lunchtime topics of conversation included whether they should build a composting toilet and whether aiming to be 70% vegan rather than 100% made you be more vegan. I also got to request a personally hand-knitted pair of wooly socks in the colours of my choice in return for a donation to any wildlife charity.
I finished my lunch break with a stroll along the river with another Hiver in the sunshine (yep, a gap in the rain).
I didn't find the signposted beach. But I did see a cormorant.
Not bad for a day at the office.
As long as there's meat for dinner when I get home. 😉
Something's amiss. I have never heard you utter a phrase anything like 'but I did see a cormorant' before.
ReplyDeleteOh soz, forgot to tell you. I've taken up bird-watching.
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