Foreign Perspectives

As moving day approaches there are loads of last minute things needing done.

Sometime today we’ll be trying to get the mail redirection sorted out. I say “trying” because we rarely are successful on our first attempt at anything with the local post office branch. If it’s not closed, then we’ve not got the documents that they want or we need to make an appointment with someone or other.

Next up is getting a full set of keys cut so that we can leave one behind with some friends on the off-chance that there will be some interest from the estate agents while we’re in the UK. Can’t see our friends having much to do on that front though.

James is in his last few days of school now though it looked like they were going to insist on him going from their school to his new one the next day which, of course, just ain’t possible. Still, they have now accepted that he’s not going to be there after Friday.

Not least are a few essential documents that we need to find and a final check that we’ve got everything packed that needs to be.

Finally, there’s the ferry trip to organise. At the moment, the best option seems to be Le Havre to Rosslare which at £250 is less than it would be for the Calais/Dover plus driving up England and Scotland plus Stranraer/Larne (surprisingly expensive at £170) plus the petrol plus at least one hotel night alternative. In fact, the Calais/Dover plus Stranraer/Larne ferries would be £230 so it’s sure to be cheaper to go direct to Ireland and it should be somewhat more easy on us without having 10 hours or so of driving.