Out of Place

I was driving to work this morning when the traffic forced me to stop and look around. I have driven that way to work for 2 and a half years but today was the first time I noticed 2 houses called "Farm Cottages". What made me stare was that these houses were old - the plaque said built 1907 - and they are now in the middle of a modern estate of geometrically shaped flats and maisonettes.

My minds eye conjoured a vision of these houses - unaltered (apart from the lack of uPVC windows) - surrounded by fields with no other dwellings in eyesight.

I felt sad at the lack of mercy shown by modernity.