23rd March - No stopping us now

Forget one year away - we've rented the house for a minimum of three! No turning back now......but I think we'll get back to Devon every winter for a couple of months. The boat pile just keeps growing, and I don't think Flybe (sorry everyone!) is going to be excited about checking in our tins of varnish and assorted boat bits. Notice there's no mention of clothes, shoes and the rest of the usual paraphernalia.....there's something strangely liberating about getting down to the bare essentials......

High point - Audrey has agreed to be chair of Bovey Climate Action pending the AGM, which makes me really happy that I am dispensible. All our community work is at long last coming to an end, giving us more time to concentrate on prepping the house and boat.

Low point - a seriously wobbly moment caused by a major row with Leighton over the mountain of stuff we have to pack. Thankfully all sorted now we've hired a 20ft container in a local banana warehouse. Fiona has lent us a transit van and two of her Polish workers to help us get everything moved.