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westy177: Thanks, hope they provided some inspiration (despite that you posted that god know how long ago).

kschmidt: You might be right about the harbour I'll pass it on to the mayor of that town!

Ducio: People love cheap housing I guess lol. Glad you like it!

Entry 7: It's been a while

So, it's been a while since we were last in Harrington. Growth was pretty slow over here lately (like several months slow but we'll ignore that). Anyway we have continued to grow a bit more so its all good.

Anyway, lets get on with it. Now as you probably haven't noticed, but nevermind, the area is currently growing around a large harbour and, as with most harbours (actually all harbours), we have a harbour mouth that, in this case is pretty small and apparently very dangerous (having not travelled by boat I'm taking the cargo ships captains word for this).

Anyway, we've actually decided to build some lighthouses as you can see here.

This has made life a lot safer and, as is usual for the growing area a population centre has built up around the lighthouses (well, I say around it, given that it's on top of a cliff I'm using the term very loosely as everything is built at the bottom of the hill that it's on). Anyway this is what the area looked like several years into its growth, with the ubiquitous farms, springing up around them (and of course a church somewhere in there).

Anyway as is njormal around here (and generally with most towns and population areas), despite being cut off form the rest of the Harrington area at the moment, Bayton and its surrounds have continued to grow with the area now looking like this.

As you can probably see several new towns have sprung up during the growth, The major development during this time has been the town of Sandwin, which, much to the annoyance of Bayton, has developed the reputation of the holiday/break spot for the region, given its beaches. Rumours are that it would rival Harnsea in pricing if it wasn't for the fact that the popular place is always full of visitors. Swings and roundabouts I guess. The church is pretty nice as well.

Moving on from the area around the Two Sisters we have some more development to the south of Harrington in the form of Banbury. Very quickly developing due to the large amount of empty land the town has around it, Banbury first sprung up around this church in its centre, currently now surrounded by the busy farmer market orientated centre of the town (because everyone and their dog in the Harrington area pretty much works on a farm).

Currently experiencing some mid wealth growth, by a group of people wanting to move from the villages in the area to a more populated area, the Mayor Goodfrey is currently looking forward to seeing what opportunities the town has in the future (secretly hoping to outgrow Harrington and rub it into their faces).

Finally this is what the area looks like from above. Much like the rest of Harrington if were honest.

So, that's all I have for you in the this welcome back entry, really looking forward to playing some more SC4 though so I'll try and make sure that the next post isn't quite so long in the making.

Till next time!