Moving Day!

Well it wouldn't have have been a 'true to form' Cooling move without a little last minute drama in the form of a wasps nest in the trailer tent which necessitated us putting up the tent while we were waiting for the removal men to arrive!

After that however all went well and the removal team speedily packed us up and left at about 14.30 leaving Richard and I to go out for a bite to eat and then spend a sleepless night on very uncomfortable airbeds before we finally left at around 6.00am.

After a considerably better nights sleep at Sarah and Joes house we picked up the keys from the Estate agent in Inverness and were able to get into the house for a quick look round before the removal van arrived.The unpacking was a bit more eventful than the packing as the Scottish team broke down so it was all hands on deck to help Mark, our removal man, unload as much as we could while waiting for them to arrive.

Sarah realised that we hadn't seen Rhema for a while and finally tracked her to the pond which she had jumped into but been unable to get out of. One very wet and muddy dog spent the rest of the afternoon shut in one of the stables!

A massive thunderstorm caused a power cut for two hours but didn't cause too many problems apart from not being able to make tea for the team. They were well supplied with Sarahs delicious baking tho' so didn't seem too unhappy. They even managed to move Richards fern and palm tree!

Sarah and Joe stayed in the house on Wednesday night and it was lovely to all be together on the first morning and enjoy a cooked breakfast in our new kitchen.

Since then we have been busy unpacking, moving things around and meeting some of those who have been involved with the house over varying periods of time. We bumped into some people who we had previously met in the local pub and are struggling with feeling that we are just here on holiday.

The gardens are stunning at the moment and although they have rabbit proof fencing all round, I spied two rabbits early this morning in the walled garden. Rhema was very excited to see them and chased them away then stood guard over the gap in the fence.

We had a saunter this afternoon down to the loch and found lots of wood which will be earmarked for firewood later on when I have accquired a chainsaw although the previous owners have kindly left a quantity of wood drying for us under cover so we have wood for this winter.

Sarah has already embarked on wallpaper stripping on their floor and we are starting to get organised ready for guests as the first ones will be arriving mid August.

Richard and I are poised to return to Sutton as Tim and Ruths baby was due on 18th so could be here any minute. I will be working in Sutton from 23rd - 27th anyway so will be interesting to see how the commute goes.