And relax .....

We finally did it!
Contracts exchanged today so it's all go for next week without having to worry about how to sell an empty house from 450 miles away. We would have found a way but this is so much easier.

The deal is done.
Realised that my problem with the last couple of weeks is that I had absolutely no control over what was happening (or not happening) Didn't like that at all.

So to celebrate we have booked a couple of nights in Perelandra, a lochside B&B on Skye - which means that we will get at least one day's walking in as well as meeting up with Mary and hopefully progress the purchase of the plot and the design of the house.   

Just the packing to finish off, a few places to visit in Devon to say a fond and final farewell to and it's off to pastures new. 

A final note of caution - you have to let an awful lot of people / organisations know that you are moving. A standard email / letter goes a long way to making this less painful but you will have to phone some of them, often through a call centre and repeat the same old security stuff again and again. Tonight, all of that seems worth it.