I have ridden up or down the old Talaton Road more times than I care to remember. In recent years I have watched the ‘Sunny View’ farm house slide slowly into a state of decay, its once bright facade sinking into darkness behind the encroaching tendrils of nature. I’ve come to wonder recently if it is even still inhabited, and whilst once, some six months ago, I noted its gate (with barely legible name plate) open, this might only have been for access to the myriad of collapsing barns clustered in the grounds. Today, however, entry is very definitely blocked, as the tree that once flanked the entrance has fallen almost perfectly across the driveway. How many more years can this strange gem of deterioration hang on for before it is either redeveloped as a quaint holiday retreat for the wealthy or reclaimed entirely by the landscape around it?