Wealden Times | WT188 | October 2017 | Kitchen & Bathroom supplement inside

Previous pages: The kitchen is packed with retro
charm. The large wooden post by the kitchen table
hints at the building’s previous incarnation as a bullock
breeding unit! This page: Many of the objects on
display in the sitting room belong to Dave, most of
them model boats
You know you’ll be in for an interesting
visit when the front garden of the house is
home to a 2CV, some whimsical metal birds
and you’re greeted by a friendly Collie-Doodle.
“She’s called Polly,” says her owner, Sue Donkin,
appearing at the threshold with husband Dave.
“She’s a cross between a poodle and a collie” – with
a hint of teddy bear, perhaps? As we head inside
the house, which was once – and I’m finding this
hard to imagine – a bullock breeding unit, I’m
immediately (but thankfully not literally) struck
by a fleet of model boats. They are arranged
around the walls, on sideboards and surfaces, in
large numbers, but in such a way that they aren’t
overwhelming. Some are so beautiful that they’re
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