Re-thatching a cottage roof. Thatcher re-thatching a 16th-century cottage with wheat straw. Thatching is a roofing technique using densely-packed drie

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Re-thatching a cottage roof. Thatcher re-thatching a 16th-century cottage with wheat straw. Thatching is a roofing technique using densely-packed dried grasses. Photographed in Dorset, England.

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Photo credit: © JEREMY WALKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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