Vicki and Paul

9 Oct 2011: We took a trip to the Welsh borders (south of Hereford) to visit Vicki and Paul, long standing friends of Sally. They live in this lovely little John Nash house. The bit nearest the road is as Nash built it, and it has been extended a couple of times (they still get passers by stopping by to admire it). They are interested in doing something to improve the energy balance, so we were discussing heat pumps and PV - over a splendid lunch. The best option for PV could be a grid of PV panels in the orchard south of the house. We also heard enjoyable stories about touring with the Pink Floyd in the seventies.
(PS John Nash 1752-1835, master planner of Regent St, Regent's Park, architect to royalty, including Buckingham Palace and completion of the Brighton Royal Pavilion.... see the Wikipedia entry about him. Apparently, they occasionally get groups stopping in the lane to see the house, on a Nash-spotting architectural tour.)