All the moving is now done, including Trigger who arrived yesterday afternoon. It got a bit stressful because the lorry driver got lost and scratched his lorry, in the end I had to walk Trigger 1.5 miles to his new home. He was a very good boy though, and I think the walk actually helped settle him down. Huge thanks to Anna and Bev who got him on the lorry in Somerset at 2am, complete with plaited mane and tail. He is currently relaxing in what will be the garden.
We are spending the night at the Cong youth hostel to get a shower and a good nights sleep. We paid over the odds booking the room online, but luckily the lady who runs it felt guilty about this and has said we can use her coin-op laundry, showers and cooking facilities whenever we want whilst we get the house sorted - so it was well worth it! All the moving is now done, including Trigger who arrived yesterday afternoon. It got a bit stressful because the lorry driver got lost and scratched his lorry, in the end I had to walk Trigger 1.5 miles to his new home. He was a very good boy though, and I think the walk actually helped settle him down. Huge thanks to Anna and Bev who got him on the lorry in Somerset at 2am, complete with plaited mane and tail. He is currently relaxing in what will be the garden. We've already started emptying the house, made more urgent by the decided whiff of smoke (both from the fireplace / range and cigarettes I suspect) which seems to hang around all the old furnishings. The process left me with the question - exactly how many crucifixes can you get per room? We even had one inside a light bulb. Very little of the furniture is worth keeping so we're getting ready for a big bonfire! Since we are spending as much time as possible outside at the moment, I bought myself an early birthday present (although I think Freya is using it more). Dad and Freya were both fast asleep on this the first night I got it (whilst I blew up the inflatable double bed). As I mentioned earlier all of the neighbours have been really welcoming. Everyone has been around to say hello, and bought cards and presents. I took a picture of all the cards and presents (below) but we've had even more since then. Our closest neighbour is a scotsman and he very kindly gave me a lift back to the lorry to pick up my stuff after the long walk with Trigger.
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I'm posting this update from Galway Shopping Centre, we arrived at the house late yesterday after a load of fuss getting the keys to the house. We are all exhausted, but the journey went as well as it could. The neighbours are very friendly.
We've finally bought Tower Cottage and sold this house. After a rather scary day yesterday transferring large sums of money about, the cottage will soon be ours.
The van and ferry is booked for next Tuesday (24th) and we are currently intensely packing (and panicking slightly about whether it will all fit in). Still waiting to hear about a shared load for Trigger, but otherwise everything is all ready. I wish people would stop saying how brave I am (most recently the lady in the bank). It reminds me of Yes Minister (where "that's very brave" meant "that's an insane idea don't do it!"). No, sadly I don't mean we've finally exchanged on Tower Cottage. That is still with the lawyers. But we have bought... Our new tent. The plan is to live in this for the first few weeks so we can create chaos in the house (plaster dust etc.) without having to either clear up at the end of each day or sleep in a bomb site. It is huge!! Should have plenty of space to act as our bedroom / living room providing we can fit it in the garden. Putting it up was interesting, but hopefully it will get easier with practice. Glad we put it up though, definitely need to buy more pegs. We should have a toilet and running water in the house, so it should be reasonably ok to live in for a bit. Freya loved it and is now upset because we took it back down. |
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