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Location: South East UK
Joined: Mar 2005
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Phew! Well, with Dave's help today, we've managed to see the light at the end of that very long tunnel, and I can now hardly move in this room for boxes upon boxes, but at least it's now all packed up and almost ready to go.
We got the 4th!!!! Yayyy!!! Went up there yesterday to the house to hand over her cash, and seeing it almost empty for the first time, I loved it even more, I came over quite emotional, and I can honestly say, out of all the houses we've owned over the years, I have never felt so "at home" as I do in this new one just by walking in that front door. The woods look even more beautiful across the road now that the trees are coming out in their finery, and I stood on that balcony out the front and just awwwed at it all!
I also realised, that my little gateway to heaven, i.e. the access into those woods is nearer than I thought, a matter of yards up the road, so although uphill (again!!!
) it's not far to get into them. Zena will be in absolute heaven in there, it's not only got a running stream, but lakes and even a blooming waterfall in Bears Ghyll at the bottom of st helens wood, absolutely perfick, and I just can't wait now.
I've found a forum for people moving to the area, set up by the local council, so I'll be in there trying to find new friends with dogs to show me the way around, and if I thought I was spoiled for choice here for my dog walking, I'm going to be even more spoilt over that way by the looks of it. So much more green space in East Sussex than West Sussex, and lots of woodland and lakes, and it's those lakes I've been hankering after now that I have a water baby, I will have to take the camera out with me again when I start off on my morning jaunts!
Well, 4 days to go now, and I'll be offline till I set up me dongle on the puter, no phoneline over there for 3 weeks, so no internet, but she did actually give me the number yesterday after much more grovelling, because Sky couldn't pick it up like they normally can to start the process off - that was no surprise!
I asked my solicitor on Friday when I popped in there whether this is "normal" the way we've had to negotiate so strongly with this mad woman and she said "no, it's not normal at all"!!!! See, I was right again then!!!!
Can only happen to me can't it.
Anyhoo, will have a very busy week, wish me luck on Friday with the move, and I'll be putting up some pics as soon as the puter is all set up once I've settled in. Soooooooooooooo exciting, haven't done this for 25 years and I doubt whether I will ever be doing it again after the trauma we've had with this purchase, BUT, it's taught me so, so much, it'll probably be a doddle next time around! You never know, once we've done the kitchen and bathroom we might even put it back on the market if we don't like it over there coz we can't find our way around!!