Author Archives: meadandrea

We’ve finally exchanged on our Hampshire property with completion on 7th September, so it will be a busy time.  We can’t move in right away as the house was a complete rebuild of an older property, so there are no curtains or carpets, and the delivery on these is around 3 weeks.  It’s taken longerContinue reading “A Beginners Guide to Arguing”

We still haven’t exchanged on our new house in Hampshire; it’s so slow! As the property is a complete rebuild of an old house, there’s one outstanding point on the planning document to be resolved, which we hope will be early next week. We’re also having some work done on Beech Cottage here in Cornwall.Continue reading “Don’t doubt your “Gut Instinct”, it’s your Superpower”

It’s been a wonderful week spending time with our family. Our grandchildren give us so much pleasure and laughter, and our new grandson is growing so quickly that he’s nearly out of his Moses basket.  It was also incredibly hot, and now we’re back in Cornwall; it’s noticeably cooler but more humid, which isn’t greatContinue reading “I Would Walk 500 Miles”

Everyone who sees my social media photos must think we have sunshine 24×7 in Cornwall, so I thought I would post a blog picture in the rain for a change.  Jamie and I have full waterproofs, and I love to walk in the rain; I really appreciate the smell of the earth as it hasContinue reading “A Cause for Celebration (or not!)”

Life in St Agnes is great.  The weather has been amazing, and our work has started to pick up, too, which is really good news.  Our Hampshire house is nearing exchange, and we’re just waiting for the searches to come back, which have taken longer than normal due to the backlog from the lockdown.  WeContinue reading “Behind the Mask”

So, what happened?  The official term is “up shit creek without a paddle”, a Scottish slang term meaning to be stuck in a bad situation without any way of fixing it. The bad situation is ‘shit creek‘, and the ‘paddle’ is the solution.  Our shit creek incident happened last Saturday during our walk along aContinue reading “Up Shit Creek”

Our first week living by the sea in St Agnes has been lovely.  We’ve worked efficiently, and the walking has been superb.  For the last 20 years, our visits to this beautiful village on the North Coast have been in Spring, Autumn and Winter, but being here in the Summer has been wonderful.  The seaContinue reading “Life’s a Beach”

This is my last blog from our current home; I’ll be sad to leave, but I don’t get too emotional over these things, and I’m ready to move on to the next phase of our life.  Last week, I said our house purchase had fallen through, so our furniture is going into storage, and weContinue reading “Living in a Material World”

Normality is a paved road; it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it. As we tentatively begin our return to normal, it feels wonderful to me, and this week has been much better than last, especially seeing our family.   I found social distancing challenging as I would have dished out hugs and kissesContinue reading “What is Normal?”

The easing of lockdown has started, but it hasn’t made any difference to our daily life; we still can’t see our family, which is frustrating.  Whilst I accept the strategy and understand why this is the case, it did make me smile when the gradual return to school was announced;  the youngest children returning firstContinue reading “Easing Lockdown”