Cottages, Upper Dean
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Cottages, Upper Dean by Adrian Platt as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Adrian Platt Taken: 5 Jan 2009
The lowering sky above these old cottages highlights the maze of service poles, wires and aerials that are needed in rural areas to connect us to the conveniences of modern life. The cost of putting services underground is often too much for this to be done.