Easy rules for local living
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Photo by Katie Corcoran of surfers and beach in Cornwall
Penny Rich splits her life between the country and city. Here, she takes a light-hearted look at the rules for getting it right – in the country and the city
Transport
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Old fashioned car driving along a country road
In the country: Don’t think you can hail a taxi (in the country, you have to phone and book)
In the city: Don’t drive your car (constant meter-feeding is uncool)
Thank-you gifts
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Vase full of spring flowers
In the country: Take a bouquet of city flowers (if they grow them, they don’t pick them as the blooming season is short)
In the city: Take a box of muddy, irregularly shaped garden produce (they’re used to fresh organic veg costing a fortune)
Bedtime
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Woman sleeping on top of her bed
In the country: Don’t stay up too late (the host has to get up early to let the dogs out)
In the city: Do stay up till the early hours (the host prefers to go to the gym with a hangover)
Girl talk
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Womans legs and hand holding tennis racket and ball
In the country: ‘Do you play tennis/ride/do charity/belong to a book club?’
In the city: ‘Do you use Facebook/Botox/do therapy/belong to a health club?’
`We\'re going on a shoot\'
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Split pictures of a pair of high heel shoes and pheasants
In the country: Think guns, game birds and Highclere Castle
In the city: Think Mario Testino, models and high fashion
`The patter of tiny feet\'
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Toy mouse and mouse trap with a piece of cheese in
In the country: Think mice, rats and bats running riot in the attic at night
In the city: Think ‘Can I afford a bigger flat, a nanny, school fees?’
`He\'s doubly loaded\'
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Rolled up bunch of twenty pound notes
In the country: He’s got more than one shot at a pheasant
In the city: He’s got more money than he can ever spend
`She\'s posh\'
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Long drive way with large country house at the end
In the country: She has style, breeding and inherited the Big House
In the city: She has style, married a footballer and lives in a big house
`A hedge-funder\'
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Close up of womans hand holding a glass of campagne
In the country: An English Heritage grant given to poor farmers, which means they can afford to re-plant the hedgerows
In the city: A job-title given to rich bankers, which means they can easily afford to order vintage champagne for everyone
The new black
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Woman in a low back black dress
In the country: Only wear black during the day for funerals (because of dog hair)
In the city: The little black dress is basic uniform (because of Audrey Hepburn)
The denim dilemma
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Woman in jeans in the country picking flowers
In the country: New jeans are teamed with shiny leather boots for ‘best’. Old jeans are for gardening
In the city: New jeans are washed, ironed, and worn with high heels as casual wear. Old jeans are ‘vintage chic’
The heights of perfection
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Woman bending down and doing up a pair of high heel shoes
In the country: Heels are never worn before dinner, and rarely outdoors (because of gravel, wet grass, driving)
In the city: Heels are worn from dawn till dusk (despite cobblestones and uneven paving)
The finger tip
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Womans painting her nails
In the country: Nails are always short and sometimes clean
In the city: Nails are always long and often false
The five best things I ate this week
Celebrate aunts day
