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Debbie Young Evokes Her Dream Office (with a little help from the National Trust...) Debbie Young, going places... "Where do you write?" asked a very pleasant lady at a talk I gave recently to the Cheltenham Writers' Circle. I gave my standard answer: how lucky I am to have my own study in my  Victorian Cotswold cottage , with a big desk facing a window that looks out over the garden. But next morning, when I sat down to write there, I shrieked as a sharp pain shot from my spine to my ankle, reminding me that lately I had been spending far too long at my desk-with-a-view - and I felt  desirous of change . Prompted by the arrival of my new  National Trust  card in the post the day before, and licensed by my friend and mentor  Orna Ross  to fill the creative well with a weekly "create date" with self, I stowed my purse, my shades, and my notebook and pen into my backpack, donned my walking boots, and set off to nearby  Dyrham Park . ...