Bristol Landmarks

At some point in Bristol's past, someone had fun with some paint. Lots of paint. In lots of colours. Lines of candy-coloured houses brighten up Bristol's hillsides - from the streets of Hotwells next to the water's edge, up to the top of Clifton next to the Downs, and back down the other side of the hill through Cotham into Montpelier. Ice-cream coloured houses fade away into the distance, too, on the hill the other side of Temple Meads station. For the past six months I've lived in a peppermint house. Kept in good company by blue, pink, green, cream and brown houses, the peppermint house freshens up the road - a minty moment amongst chocolate and sugar mice. But next week I'm moving out of my peppermint palace into a rather more conservatively decorated building. Let's hope this new flat has some other quirk to make up for the loss of a house-front that automatically cheers you up in the morning. Or I might just have to join Bristol tradition and buy a can of paint...