The big move

So as I have already said on Facebook and Twitter, we finally exchanged contracts on the new place on Friday, with the move planned for next Friday (11th Dec)

As you might expect, this is a pretty big deal for us. After 4 years of happily living in Salisbury, we are heading north to be closer to work, parents, friends and other stuff.

Despite the short time frame, there is still loads to sort out including trying to find a removal firm who can actually help lug all our stuff the 50 miles up the A303. We thought we had it sorted of course, but in typical british style it has all gone a bit wrong at the last minute.

It means that between now and the end of the week, we will be living an increasing number of boxes and bags, as things get sorted into that which has made the cut and is coming to the new place, or the other stuff which isn’t.

The most annoying thing as far as I am concerned is that because the place we’re moving to is currently connected to the world using the Virgins*, we will need to have a BT line put in and god knows how long it will take to get broadband set up. The up side is that the new place can apparently take advantage of the BE Broadband network which is a bit of a result.

*We had the Virgins here for a while, but what with being a pair of social butterflies (yeah right!) the package just wasn’t value for money with TV channels that we never watched.