18 days till we move!
With only 18 days until we leave South Wales and head for a new life in our new homestead, we are going through so many emotions. We range from mega excited through to terrified.
We are not just moving within the same area, but to a completely different country (so the Scots keep on reminding the rest of the UK). We will be settling down on a small, remote island in Orkney, where the North Sea meets the North Atlantic ocean, great for someone who loves fishing and for putting lobster, crabs and a wide range of fish on the dinner table.
2.5 acres of arable land is by far more than we have ever had, and enough for us to grow enough meat, wheat and crops to feed us - yet the scale of the operation is rather daunting! We are not city folks who will go and play at being farmers, nor have we been in responsible for 1 hectare before.
The move has almost caught us by surprise - we have been planning, researching and organizing this for so long - yet the date of completion always seemed to move further away from us for one reason or another, then we had a realization that it was only 3 weeks away!
We are not just moving within the same area, but to a completely different country (so the Scots keep on reminding the rest of the UK). We will be settling down on a small, remote island in Orkney, where the North Sea meets the North Atlantic ocean, great for someone who loves fishing and for putting lobster, crabs and a wide range of fish on the dinner table.
2.5 acres of arable land is by far more than we have ever had, and enough for us to grow enough meat, wheat and crops to feed us - yet the scale of the operation is rather daunting! We are not city folks who will go and play at being farmers, nor have we been in responsible for 1 hectare before.
The move has almost caught us by surprise - we have been planning, researching and organizing this for so long - yet the date of completion always seemed to move further away from us for one reason or another, then we had a realization that it was only 3 weeks away!
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