Shaftesbury.

Shaftesbury is an interesting Dorset town with, as you can see, some good back streets to wander round as well as the famous, but much too strenuous for me, Gold Hill. Unfortunately, well in my opinion, the town is suffering from too many new houses being built on its outskirts. I do realise, only too well, that people need homes, but I do wonder if we are building them in the right places. I often find myself wondering where the folk who buy the houses will find employment. If, as I suspect, they end up commuting elsewhere, aren't we just compounding all the environmental problems we already have?

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It might have been a bright spring morning when I took this snap shot but, despite the brave girl in the sleeveless top, there was a cold wind whipping round the corners. A good excuse to seek shelter, coffee and cake.