House 70 Feet example essay topic

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Cottage in the Clouds Starting with nothing the traditional family holiday was always going to be a gamble. But getting three generations together for a week in the country in this house seemed to have a wonderful appeal. It was called The House in the Clouds - a disused water tower disguised as a house 70 feet up in the air and with a working windmill in the garden. This refined holiday village was built in the 1920's.

Thorpe ness was for "people who want to experience life as it was when England was Merrie England". For our week in the House in the Clouds, we had to book five months ahead. The house was very British with a red telephone box by the back door, full of ancient tennis racquets and the equipment for croquet. At the top of the house, in the space, which had been used to hold 50,000-gallon of water, someone had built a big playroom with a ping pong table, gallery, a dress-up box and a toy soldier. On the first day, we set off to explore.

The Me are appealed to everyone. All of the children found the idea of a rowing boat and islands to explore to be very interesting. It is very safe: the instructions say that if u fall in, the emergency procedure is to stand up - the water being only three feet deep. The entertainment was good. The children played with the dressing-up box costumes. This happens every week at the House in the Clouds.

The House of Clouds is not only a place for birthdays, parties and reunions of old university friends but also for families.