Living on the Hillside.

Another view around my valleys and many houses are built on the hillsides. They make the villagers fit around here with so many roads and paths to climb up and down.

In the village of Chalford, you can only reach some of the homes by narrow footpaths and because of this some people use donkeys to get the shopping etc. home. This has been going on for hundreds of years.

See the donkeys at work:

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Car+Free+Chalford+Finally+Get+Their+Donkey+bd6ddzgMSgql.jpg

Best viewed with the magnify button above the picture.

[Penelope Ann]

Charming scene :-)

[Lyn Berriman]

Sounds so quaint, using donkeys :) Lovely image.

[virtualbrownie]

Lovely scene - that village does wind up the hill - you need a hearty constitution to live there

[Susan Golding]

A delightful view of the village. I never knew that about the donkeys, how lovely!

[Rachel Holbrook]

and those trees will soon hide that view when the leaves come out - lovely shot :)

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely insight into village life in Chalford, lovely and quaint.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@pennystot @lynnilou @virtualbrownie @windridge @rvm @ziggy77 Thank you all, yes the donkeys have to work hard.

[Marilyn]

Lovely area! you're so lucky!

[Joey]

Beautiful scenery!!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@stormi40 @joeyc Thank you ladies for your comment.

[Phil Cameron]

Looks great

[John]

Love this image, Heather. I've been studying the details. Particularly like imagining what the scenery at the top of the hill is
Iike close-up.

[Lin]

So lovely! I particularly like the house with the red door! (Yes, I did view on large)

[Kathie]

Interesting POV. They seem to zigzag down the hill.

[Matthew Allan]

This is quite a charming image, and the frame goes so well with it ^.^

[Ruby]

Such a quaint place, beautiful

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@philcameron59 @congaree @linnypinny @kathiecb @teamquavers @ourrube Thank you all for your nice comments. Lin well spotted on the red door, I hadn't noticed that. Kathie the reason they zigzag down the hill is because they need to make the roads that way.

[Graham Thresher]

A wonderful shot of a beautiful area. Fav.

[carol white]

A lovely up hill and down dale capture,a super scene!!

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@thresheg @carolmw Thank you both for commenting and the Fav Graham.

[Khawbecker]

Heather, I love your landscape photos like this. What would you say is the average age of the houses pictured here? It's a beautiful scene.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

@khawbecker Thanks for looking, I would think most of them are 1880 or before, if there is any new ones they must be built in the same style.