Our new bell
Close up of the bell
When the electrical work for the house was planned, a front door bell was foreseen, but since visitors need to ring at the main gate from the street to get into the garden, we thought a bellpush at the front door was unnecessary and had the bell and bell push removed. However a couple of weeks ago, Pepe suggested going to El Rastro (flea market) in Valencia and looking for an old hand bell to hang up instead. I went along with Pepe last Sunday (the market is on every Sunday, next to the football stadium) and we found the bell you can see above – Pepe negotiated the price down to 15 Euro for me! We think it looks great next to the front door, even if we don’t believe it will ever be seriously used!
What would actually be more useful, would be an extension to our existing bell from the front gate, so that we can hear it when we are in the garden at the back of the house. Didn’t think about that when we were planning everything!
