Good luck Sue. The sale will be a wrench but I applaud your bravery in making such a decision. Have a great time on your trip and make sure your dog has his passport and jabs kept up to date so he can travel safely with you. If you get to Belgium when it's warmer, there are some good gardens to visit on this site - http://www.jardinsouverts.be/fr/activites
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Thanks all - I am half excited / half nervous about the future, but at least it won't be boring. But at the moment mostly exhausted with sorting everything out and trying to get everything moved out ready for the auction
There are quite a few plants in pots which didnt make it into the catalogue such as orange and lemon bushes, and agapanthus etc, and there is a biggish Trachycarpus palm which did
Probably a bit big to move unless you are fairly near - but I would like to see it go to a good home if you know what I mean
Hi all - just thought I would check back in to say auction all over now
It was a tremendously long day for the auctioneers who sold from 10 am to about 6.30 Great panic just before the sale started. After 25 years here it had to be sat morning at 9.50 that a main fuse chose to blow. Probably because so much power was being used but it was a major panic as there was no heating no lights and internet connection
Anyway it got going in the end and once everyone has come to clear the last of their lots I should be left with an empty house. If the sale of the property goes as planned I will moving out sometime before christman
If you want a look at where I live/lived this is a link,
the first photo are flowers from the garden new years day. Each year on New Years Day I walked round the garden and picked one of everything that was in flower - I did start off pressing them , but it was a lot of work and then what do you do with them, but a nice flower arrangement at that time of year is always welcome especially as winter flowers from the garden are often sweetly scented.
I looked at the photos it's all so lovely, how can you bear to leave? But good luck on your travels, should be very interesting and lots of other lovely things to look at.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Many thanks all. The sale is over and the house almost bare, just a few things waiting for folk to collect them. I am not sure how soon the house sale will go through now - the original completion date was to have been 28th Nov, but as with all these things it is being delayed by this and that.
The purchasers are away from 10th to 23 Dec, so I expect to be here until sometime in Jan. I have kept a few bits of furniture so I will be perfectly comfortable and at least it was not a mad panic to get moved in the week following the sale
I am off tomorrow to check out some motorhomes and my brother is coming with me for a bit of input - there are so many to choose from.
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What a beautiful place Sue, you must be so sad to leave it. I hope your travels will be most enjoyable.
I think sometimes people here can be a bit too quick to judge. Here's a link that may reassure the doubters - http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,76919.msg202054/topicseen.html#new
Good luck Sue. The sale will be a wrench but I applaud your bravery in making such a decision. Have a great time on your trip and make sure your dog has his passport and jabs kept up to date so he can travel safely with you. If you get to Belgium when it's warmer, there are some good gardens to visit on this site - http://www.jardinsouverts.be/fr/activites
Thanks all - I am half excited / half nervous about the future, but at least it won't be boring. But at the moment mostly exhausted with sorting everything out and trying to get everything moved out ready for the auction
There are quite a few plants in pots which didnt make it into the catalogue such as orange and lemon bushes, and agapanthus etc, and there is a biggish Trachycarpus palm which did
Probably a bit big to move unless you are fairly near - but I would like to see it go to a good home if you know what I mean
https://www.easyliveauction.com/auction_catalogue.cfm?itemID=17824BFCCD4942D5FD0EFCEADEFD012DD9D5C0E0&auction=17824BFCCD4942D5FD0E&rangepage=10¤tpage=1&searchTerm=palm
Hi all - just thought I would check back in to say auction all over now
It was a tremendously long day for the auctioneers who sold from 10 am to about 6.30 Great panic just before the sale started. After 25 years here it had to be sat morning at 9.50 that a main fuse chose to blow. Probably because so much power was being used but it was a major panic as there was no heating no lights and internet connection
Anyway it got going in the end and once everyone has come to clear the last of their lots I should be left with an empty house. If the sale of the property goes as planned I will moving out sometime before christman
If you want a look at where I live/lived this is a link,
https://picasaweb.google.com/marose1234/TheGrangeOverTheYears02?authkey=Gv1sRgCKTOlefZhMbIGQ
the first photo are flowers from the garden new years day. Each year on New Years Day I walked round the garden and picked one of everything that was in flower - I did start off pressing them , but it was a lot of work and then what do you do with them, but a nice flower arrangement at that time of year is always welcome especially as winter flowers from the garden are often sweetly scented.
Wishing you happiness for the future.
It's all so beautiful, you'll miss it so much, but I wish you much happiness in your adventures
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I looked at the photos it's all so lovely, how can you bear to leave? But good luck on your travels, should be very interesting and lots of other lovely things to look at.
Good luck for the future Sue
Good luck Sue, travel safely!
Many thanks all. The sale is over and the house almost bare, just a few things waiting for folk to collect them. I am not sure how soon the house sale will go through now - the original completion date was to have been 28th Nov, but as with all these things it is being delayed by this and that.
The purchasers are away from 10th to 23 Dec, so I expect to be here until sometime in Jan. I have kept a few bits of furniture so I will be perfectly comfortable and at least it was not a mad panic to get moved in the week following the sale
I am off tomorrow to check out some motorhomes and my brother is coming with me for a bit of input - there are so many to choose from.
I will post a photo when I finally get one
All the best
Sue