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NOT SO CLOSE!

18/8/2016

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​We are getting there, not close, but getting there - we can both feel it, the change is afoot. We had a "cupboard" dinner tonight consisting of spaghetti and tinned sweetcorn in an attempt to eat up our food stocks before we leave. There is still a looming question of what will we do with the corn snake, six chickens and all the fruit bushes we've acquired over the years. I will need to sell my scooter back to the dealer, or maybe take it with us - hoping that's going to go smoothly. Don't fancy any hiccups this end before we get to the island. It is so close, we can feel the sand on our feet and wind in our hair! Our lives are about to change forever! It is all happening soon and we can't wait for the journey to begin!


What clothes are we taking? What goes into storage and what is essential? 

Anyway, as we are making lists of things to leave, things to take, things to donate, we realise the inevitable sadness we feel for leaving our current home. Excited about the future, yet also sad about all the things we'll be leaving behind. Colleagues. Our garden. . . . 

Our dream is that of a warm home with welcoming fire and mead, sheepskins and family photos. It will be a long journey between these points but we are full of enthusiasm which, I am sure, will fuel us until we reach our destination.

First step is close. We can feel it. 
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