Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock...

Not that we have any kind of unhealthy obsession but we're now the proud owners of not one, not two but three Mantle clocks! Yeah - Three! Every house should have three Mantle clocks surely... Ticking and chiming away in unsynchronised harmony!?

Well, a few years back, I'd really wanted a clock with Westminster chimes and whilst on a few days holiday in Holt (Near Cromer - Norfolk way!) we were perusing the antique shops and found our first beauty...



This art-deco style clock had a touch of something about it that I really liked and D agreed with the choice... Voila! It's only taken D about a year and a half to get it running to time and hey, so what if it only strikes eleven at twelve? It's still cool! Full Westminster chimes, it now takes pride of place in the dinning room...

But what about the living room and our fabulous mantlepiece - looking all lonesome with no clock to fit? Well, we recently decided to go on the hunt and both of us bought a clock... (ebay special editions!!) Firstly, I found this most unusual design:



An absolute bargain at £40 (inc postage!) and a very unusual design... I'm loving the octagonal approach! This clocks bongs on the half hour and hour only... Kinda lucky as it's got a very loud, macho bong! Alas, whilst hte clock is amazing, it's too light a wood to fit on the mantle... So how's about D's choice?:



What a find - another £50 shelled out but this is also a damn fine ol' clock! Full Westminster chiming with a dainty ring to it... Certainly not obtrusive enough for the living room? Well, it's got a few little eccentricities... Firstly you need to put two CD cases under one leg to keep it running... Yeah, it likes being on a weird angle! Also, the depth is far greater than we thought (you'd think we'd check these things out!) and it's too deep to fit above the fireplace!

So, here we are, three clocks down the line and still looking - but hey, what's a household without timepieces... The Octagonal beauty is now taking pride of place at teh bottom of the stairs on the windowsill and the fuller figured lop-sided affair - Well, I'm sure we'll think of somewhere!

The hunt goes on... Jxx