Our immediate neighbour, Nellie, is only out in the field for a few hours every afternoon. Donkeys are "designed" for arid areas with vegetation that provides little nourishment. The luscious German meadows are actually too much and would make her ill if she were to feed there all day.

Jasmin, aged 5, from across the road comes through the field on her way home from kindergarten. Nellie is happy for company - and for the daily crust or apple from us and we are often greeted with a loud and demanding "eeyore" when we go out into the garden.

Our neighbours to the NE across the road (Karl held the camera at an angle...)

Our neighbours to the north - who are also very busy (and have been since they moved in 15 years ago).

This is the view further along the road to the northwest. All the houses were built sometime around the sixties, some have been extended, but the nearest one is still its original size. It's big enough for its sole inhabitant who is our oldest neighbour (81) but by no means the least active. The garden rises steeply at the back and in the summer she is out early cutting the grass with a scythe for the rabbits in the hutch behind the house.