We have been living here now for almost three years. And it seems that we will always be "From Off". From Off is what you are known as in the countryside if you were not born there, come to that, I think you have to have a few generations of your family living here before you are really excepted as "Local". We have neighbours about 2 miles away from us, they have lived here for 40 years, and they are still considered by "Locals" as From Off.
Well as we are From Off and we live on the top of the mountain, we are "From Off, On Top".
Now coming from a small mining village in South East Wales, I am used to the way people have nicknames for people such as the local Baker in the village Phil, was know as "Phil the Bread", and Johnny Top House was John that live in the middle of the village. See some of it makes sense where as some of it is just odd!
Since we moved here in 2009, it seems that we have somehow brought with us very bad winters. The past 2 years the hills and mountains where we live have been covered at most in 3 foot of snow and ice, and with the way the trees are looking this year, it could be worse again this winter.
I started this blog to keep for myself as a sort of diary to look back on, I have started many blogs before in the past and have never really kept up with them, but this time I am going to make a determined effort to post at the very least once a week.
Hope you enjoy my blog and please, I would love to read your comments if you have any!
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