NEIGHBOURS (2)

Our new neighbours have just moved in, so my wife and I went round this morning to welcome them to the village. In accordance with local tradition, we gave them a gift, and they gave us coffee.

They seem very nice, a couple around 40. And we have already put out feelers for the sort of barter trade that you do with your neighbours. He can have some of my wood for his wood-burning stove, if he uses his chainsaw to help me cut up my trees. A good start.

Walter Blotscher