Live in the country? Get your diehard townie friends to come and stay with name-dropping and house parties:

How to lure your friends to the country

tatler.com 03 Jan '13, 11am

Live in the country? Get your diehard townie friends to come and stay with name-dropping and house parties:

How do you make diehard townies pack their bags and leave the M25 for the countryside? You lure them in with flowery descriptions, name-dropping and house parties, says Violet Hudson ... So you live in the middle of Lower Back-Of-Beyond, Nowhereshire, and it takes 17 hours and costs hundreds of pounds to get there. (It's actually a cottage in Somerset, but that's what it feels like sometimes). You don't even like it that much. So how on earth do you get your friends to come and stay? Why on earth would they when, in town, they can take in an avant-garde show, drink a soya latte at 3am and have gold leaf stroked onto their skin by way of a facial? The key to making your friends want to visit lies in the word 'country'. For many townies, the word sums up images from the Graham and Green catalogue (little do they know), so be sure to pepper your invitation with plenty of flow...

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@JB_Millinery » 31 Jan '13, 11pm
“@ how to lure die-hard townie friends to the country: [link]” this is so good!
@TatlerUK » 31 Jan '13, 11am
Stop moaning about the animal crap and start name-dropping - how to lure die-hard townie friends to the country: [link]
@MasonsDoIt » 19 Jan '13, 1pm
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@TatlerUK » 19 Jan '13, 11am
Stop moaning about the animal crap and start name-dropping now - how to lure your townie friends to the country [link]
@86FulhamRoad » 12 Jan '13, 2pm
Planning on luring your friends to the country this weekend...? Not that we'd condone it of course [link]
@TatlerUK » 11 Jan '13, 11am
'Drop names of social trail-blazers who've visited, or, better yet, live locally' - how to lure townies to the country: [link]
@FLandrock » 09 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @RVT9: Anything for a late-night roll in the hay “@FLandrock: I really must take heed of this. Friends beware [link]”
@RVT9 » 09 Jan '13, 7pm
Anything for a late-night roll in the hay “@FLandrock: I really must take heed of this. Friends beware [link]”
@FLandrock » 09 Jan '13, 7pm
I really must take heed of this. Friends beware [link]
@TatlerUK » 07 Jan '13, 9pm
"Stop moaning about the cold and ever-present animal crap" - @violetiihudson on how to lure townies to the country [link]
@ShopChelsea » 06 Jan '13, 2pm
Just how do you lure your townie pals to the country? We LOVE this @violetiihudson [link]
@Rachael_Grace » 05 Jan '13, 10pm
How do you make diehard townies pack their bags and leave the M25 for the countryside? [link]
@elizziebaker » 05 Jan '13, 9pm
“@TatlerUK: house parties are just one way to get townies to the country: [link]” this is @OBangham
@TatlerUK » 05 Jan '13, 8pm
"All social life is a chance to get off with people" - house parties are just one way to get townies to the country: [link]
@River_Cottage » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
MT @TatlerUK HOW do you get your townie pals to come to stay at your country pad? You LURE them, says @violetiihudson [link]
@TatlerUK » 04 Jan '13, 4pm
So, how on earth do you get your townie pals to come to stay at your country pad? You LURE them, says @violetiihudson [link]
@violetiihudson » 03 Jan '13, 12pm
Do you want to know how to lure your friends to the country? [link]
@AntoinCommane » 03 Jan '13, 12pm
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@elo_blg How I might be persuaded to come to Ankara... [link]
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