The past few days have been quite hectic. Friday was my last day at work. There were lots of nice words said, there was a cake that was quickly demolished, and I was applauded out of the newsroom as I left.
Yesterday we moved out of our house. In the morning, our next door neighbour and his sons came round to take our remaining furniture, as one of the lads was moving into a new flat with his girlfriend and needed stuff. We did a final charity shop run, a last tip run, and then loaded the pile of stuff we were bringing with us into the car.
It was quite emotional leaving the house we’ve lived in for more than 20 years. We took the keys to the rental agent, and a tenant moves in next week. Then we went to stay with some friends for the night. This morning we were on the road about 8.30 and arrived at the marine just after 11. We unloaded the car, nd set about trying to find a space for everything. To our surprise, it wasn’t too bad; we still have too many clothes, and we’ll probably end up having a few more turn outs as we go. This afternoon we went to Tesco in Wolverton to have lunch and stock up on fresh food, and also popped along to B&Q for some coal and logs in case we need an evening fire. We’ve also filled the water tank, which must have been pretty empty, and continued putting things away.
One thing we wanted to get rid of was an oil-filled radiator we intended to use in the winter but never have. We put it outside the boat with a ‘free’ sign on it — and much to our relief, when we got back from shopping it had gone!
We’ll have a celebratory roast this evening, our first night as liveaboards. Tomorrow, we’re going to Stoke to see the new boat in build.
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