Well, we did pick up the keys at least. It turns out that over the course of the year since we last saw it the house hasn’t fixed and cleaned itself, which is quite disappointing. The roof needs fully replacing, for example. We’re meeting a builder later this evening so he tell us the “good” news in more detail. The landscape and setting in general remain awesome, and I can’t wait until we can spend some proper time there… we’re probably going to spend a night in the campervan in the driveway tomorrow.
Author: silicon
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Arrived at Holyhead port
Premium ticket doesn’t appear to get you a pint of Guinness while you wait to board. The world’s gone mad.
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Ready(ish) for action
Bongo back with shiny new exhaust, rear tyres, fog light and front brakes. Packed half the house into it – a tardis on wheels. Hopefully once we get the new house’s roof fixed we can install the futon, full office’s worth of gadgets and components of (literally) the kitchen sink. Early start tomorrow, so fizzy wine then bed 🙂
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Day 0 – “packing” is a contraction of “panic attacking”
Following last weekend’s outing in the Bongo, a friend mentioned that the exhaust might need some attention. I took it to a specialist in York, where they showed me the 6cm gap between one part of the exhaust and the other. Even I could see that wasn’t good. Moved the ferry booking to tomorrow to give the garage a chance to get the replacement part and fit it. Hoping they’ll do it soon, as we need to start loading the van ready for an early-ish start tomorrow heading off to Holyhead.