20060206 The Move

Hello Everyone,

This week deserved a weekend, we started last Friday packing up our room at Abinger court, what an exciting way to spend a Friday, it was a prelude to what the rest of the weekend would consist of, packing, unpacking, packing and more unpacking…. The good news is that we are now settled in the fabulous Wye Court, we have a lovely spacious 1 bedroomed flat on the first floor.

Nicely located near a small ‘high street’ (Pitshanger Lane) with lovely little coffee shops, fish mongers, butchers, and about 20 restaurants and all this just far enough to be out of the hustle and bustle of the Ealing city centre. We have a sleeper couch so if anyone is interested in coming to the UK, free accommodation awaits! Shawn and Nadia have been using this facility for the last week or so before they head of to the USA for their 4 week holiday and will then be returning to SA, we are going to miss our roomies...

On to why it was a bad week; firstly our previous landlords decided to play funny buggers and try keep the monster deposit, frankly I don’t think they had the money to give back to us, then kept stalling, then had excuses, and then decided to charge us a for cleaning an already clean flat. It was a bit of a situation where you are at the mercy of a bunch of aspiring politicians. Anyway after a whole lot of head banging we managed to get 75% back. Yesterday our washing machine decided to throw in the towel, so now need to sort that out. Fortunately, we have a laundrette just round the corner, so will be fine. Shawn and Nadia made breakfast the other morning and if it was not for the smoke alarm, would have burnt the place down.

But it was not all bad, we now have a fabulous landlord who is totally organised, a proper gentleman (we still need to tell him about the washing machine – hold thumbs). Gwyn is going up to Aberdeen (Northern Scotland - almost at the North Pole) for a work trip which is just fab. I got a new job at Unilever which I am really excited about. I have always dreamed about working for the company and am thrilled. Just a pity about leaving Sky as I was really enjoying the position. I start the new job on the 23rd of Feb. Then it is almost time for our trip back home we are arriving on the 16th of March and am looking forward to seeing all the africans, the wedding celebrations, the Kruger, some sun and hopefully a spot of fly fishing.

L&G