Your Space [006]

"I have a cottage near the Lake District that my Grandfather left to me. It's tiny, basically one room downstairs and two tiny bedrooms upstairs heated by an open fire. The limestone walls are so wide I can barely stretch my hands around the thickness of them. But I love the raw energy of the place. It gets you to the heart of things, like the elements (when it's cold, it's FREEZING), your thoughts (there's no TV or radio, just piles of old books), conversation and food. It's the one place where I feel in tune... And round the back there's a conifer tree planted when I was born. For some reason I quite like that – it gives me a personal connection to the place. Everyone should have trees planted for them when they are born!"

Joseph Heaney, writer/photographer and co-editor of SpaceTM