Period Living

FULL CIRCLE

Some people believe destiny lies in the pattern of tea leaves in their cup – but Belinda Alexander had a far more practical way of using a teacup to predict the future.

‘I put it face down on a map, directly over Scotch Corner, and drew a circle around it,’ she says. ‘That was the area in which we wanted to live. We tried a coffee cup at first, but it didn’t cover a large enough area…’

The house they eventually viewed was on the edge of the

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