Ok, the house sale is back on, people at the bottom of the chain have a first time buyer making an offer, survey and mortgage offer has been done and we’re just waiting for local authority searches now, so we … (read more)

Sorry for the lack of posts, the blog is on hold for a while as the house sale has fallen through and we won’t be travelling any time soon.  Once the adventure begins I’ll keep this updated.

… but today we should exchange on the house.  We’re pushing everyone to make sure this happens as then we will be able to book our flights and sort future accommodation etc. It was a busy weekend, clearing and moving … (read more)

What a horrendous week.  Work priorities changing constantly.  Demo to a potential investor on Friday, decision should be made on Tuesday.  If it’s a no then I think it’s time to hang up my keyboard and declare myself retired. Daily … (read more)

Had a lovely weekend at Centerparcs with the family, spent some good time with good people. With regard to Centerparcs itself, we left whistling the theme to The Great Escape.  Centerparcs is filled with two things that I would quite … (read more)

has rarely been more welcome. With ever changing work priorities and absolutely no movement on the house, it’s not been a particularly pleasant week. We sold a few things on ebay (chests of drawers, tallboy, storage chests) and so underwear, … (read more)

and not much achieved. Work got in the way – a lot. And then some more.  And a bit more after that. It got to the stage where I had to get away, so I went down to the Plough … (read more)

No news today really, end to end work with madness prevailing. No exchange on the house or completion date, so we still can’t book the flights. On the plus side, the gorgeous wife has cooked me a fish pie for … (read more)

It’s Monday, we achieved a fair bit yesterday despite being completely underwhelmed by the Liverpool/Chelsea result.  Liverpool were superb but Chelsea simply parked an Eddie Stobart in front of their goal and were timewasting from the opening whistle.  Everton also … (read more)