Not a shepherd's croft, not even heavily upgraded but a new, purpose built "cottage" with recording studio technology built in (which we haven't rented with the building):
http://www.cruinn-leum.com/Cruinn-leum/Welcome.html. Fantastic attention to detail in the build and fittings. Lovely acoustics (yes, we brought a couple of instruments) and a very superior sound system.
My (so far gratefully received practice) when passing oncoming traffic is to pull in to the lay by if it's on my side of the road, and stop by it if it's on the other side.
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