I do love a bit of history, now I’m older especially so. So…

I do love a bit of history, now I’m older especially so. So I was intrigued to hear about the tunnels in my local town. I ended up only 12 miles away from where I grew up, via many other places in between. Our town is a Saxon market town and our marketplace is called Scotch Common named for a blood soaked encounter during the English Civil War back in 1652 when Scots returning from the Battle of Worcester were set upon and murdered as they slept by the Sandbach locals. I have always felt very drawn to this place, and that it is very haunted by ghosts, or at least I used to think so as a kid. I love all the old Tudor buildings in the town and you can really feel the history throughout this town. I’m currently writing my second novel and will be adding some of this town’s folklore and history of the tunnels into it I think, to add extra dimensionality to the story. I’m pretty level-headed usually, but I crave mystery and writing is such a good outlet for that as you can let loose. You can feel the Druidic spirits here, along with the more recent ones. I sound history obsessed, but I’d actually describe myself more as a futurist, and I’m fanatical about technology and trying new apps, software and tech. I knew in bones when I read the Hitchhiker’s Guide when I was a kid that the internet was coming, and was ecstatic when it finally arrived. I heard about Bitcoin all the way back in 2010 and had a strong instinct it would be very important, and so bought in in 2013 when Mt Gox came along. Via a long path, I’ve ended up in BSV, the only truly functional and scalable blockchain, which is how I found Treechat (or Knovigator as it used to be known). It is a real gem of an app, and as metamitya continues to develop it, I can see it becoming much more than social media. He adds functionality to it almost weekly, so you’ll often find new buttons appearing. I love that he’s integrated AI into it in various forms. If you’ve deep knowledge on a subject, this is a terrific place to share it, or even private notes for yourself. I started writing my first novel on here, as a way of organising the information and all the snippets I had written. So how did you come to mud hut building, and do you live in it full time? I think they are the future of building in some real senses, especially as rising costs drive us to make other lifestyles. As I said in an earlier post, our oldest surviving and by far the most beautiful buildings in the UK are built this way and are usually listed as a consequence, making them protected against change and destruction. Sorry for all the rambling, but you’ve reminded me of my childhood self and obsession with hand built buildings and organic structures. So much here to celebrate.