Here’s Kelly Brook, looking fine as always on her way to work:
No need to thank me, it’s all part of the service.
Art, music, whatever
Here’s Kelly Brook, looking fine as always on her way to work:
No need to thank me, it’s all part of the service.
So somebody comes to you and says, “Hey, how would you like to share a house with us?” and you run away because you don’t want to share accommodation with anyone.
Then there’s this situation:
A stately apartment on the historic estate where Four Weddings and a Funeral was filmed has had its price tag slashed by half a million pounds after failing to attract a buyer during the pandemic – and could now be yours for just £1.95million.
Apartment Three at Albury Park Mansions in Albury, Surrey, UK, is one of 14 luxury properties in the mansion house was transformed into separate apartments 12 years ago, and has been on sale since April last year.
It consists of four bedrooms, three bathrooms, kitchen/dining room with mezzanine above, utility room, reception hall, and access to gym, spa, sauna and wine stores.
Here’s a pic of the entrance to said mansion:
…and the master bedroom:
Yeah, it may be a little spendy at about $2.7 million for a 4BR/3BA pad with a detached garage, but you can’t beat the setting.
At those kind of prices, you’ll probably find that the co-inhabitants of the place are bearable.
And for those who care about such things, you can walk to the estate’s church on Sundays, no hassles with parking.
I see that Sean Connery’s old place in Nice is for sale, at a price which is now only ridiculous (not by Midi standards, though):
And yes, the French property taxes are sick, and yes the annual “wealth” tax is sicker yet, and all that other negative stuff.
You’d have to carry me out in a body bag.
At the moment, I’m reading Bill Bryson’s The Road To Little Dribbling, and as always I’m torn between helpless nostalgia and loud laughter — my general reaction to Bryson. But the reading has pushed me into homesickness for Britishland, the feeling all the sharper because under current Chinkvirus restrictions, I can’t go back there and do all the things I love doing, such as driving through the countryside and marveling at the towns and villages as so memorably described by Bryson and embedded in my own memory from countless trips past.
I don’t often do this, but I thought I’d share with you the picture that’s currently my laptop’s wallpaper (right-click to embiggen to its original 1920×1200 size):
I don’t know if I’ve ever driven through this particular village, but I’ve driven through so many like it that it doesn’t matter. Frankly, after a while they all become a blur, another “OMG that’s-so-beautiful-I-want-to-live-here” moment.
Of particular interest, nay even alarm to my Murkin readers would be the fact that despite the single tire-tracks in the road, it is in fact a two-way street which leads itself to moments of sheer panic should you encounter, for example, Bob The Plumber’s oversize Ford van coming the other way. Such a situation requires either
When Mr. Free Market sets out for a destination outside his own village, he as often as not takes a completely different road each time, just to take in the exquisite countryside. I once asked him if he’s ever got used to, or even bored with the countryside he drives through every day, and his answer was succinct: “Never. Not even close.”
I can see why. Scenery such as the above plays a huge part in my laptop wallpaper selection — I don;t change it because I’m sick of it, only because I hanker after another scene. Here, for your delectation, are a few others (ditto the embiggening):
(that’s a giant pic; allow some time to load)
More, upon request, if like me you’re a fan of the English countryside.
Whilst wandering around and getting lost in the Dark Forests of Internet Car-Dorkery, I stumbled on this vision, the Maserati A6/54 2000 Zagato Spyder:
It’s not too horrible from the rear, either:
And its interior is blissfully simple and devoid of modern geegaws, like airbags and seatbelts.
It was made in 1955, and even if you were to win the biggest lottery around, good luck finding it. “It?”
They made one. One.
With all the Christmas excitement and such, I forgot to mention that Carol Vorderman turned 60 last week.
And a flashback to her 50th:
Yer welcome.