Deep in Pembrokeshire's Nevern Valley, there is an ancient sessile oak wood; and in the wood, there is a clearing; and in the middle of the clearing is a secret. A farmhouse, a barn, a cottage, and a bothy. Four dwellings so covert that only the wildfowl and weasels know their coordinates. In them, there's curtained cubbyholes, cabinets licked in basil and burgundy, and outdoor rolltops that bring all the ethologists to the yard. There's never been anything quite like it.
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