We are nearly ready! After many trips back and forward with tools, gear, and projects in various stages of completion, yesterday we made the last car trip. The next journey will be one way, by train. The interior, covered for months in protective cladding, has been cleaned, waxed and Scotch-Guarded. Helen is hoping the smell will have gone in a couple of days (Alex seems to like it).
The many curved cubby holes behind and underneath every flat surface have been stacked meticulously with spares, gear, tools (will we really need an angle grinder?) and pasta, rice and Alpen in enormous quantities. At home the cupboards are bare and the piles of “work in progress” have shrunk to nothing.
And the nerves have started. The enormity of what we are planning has finally sunk home. There are a lot of miles and some wild stretches of water in front of us. Every time we push the boundaries of what we do, I wake up feeling nauseous and wish I had remembered from past experience to opt for a quiet life. I will miss the garden. We did a final tidy the other day and coated the borders with bark mulch to keep water in and weeds down, so it is looking better than it has for ages! It is green and brown, with spots of red, white and purple flower. The coastal landscape has a very blue-grey palette.
Alex doesn’t bother with these nerves but will miss the shower.
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Eeep! It’s always scary doing something this big and new. Though isn’t the there a saying that it’s better to try and regret it than never to try? 1 week in and you won’t be looking back 🙂 (and I’m sure they have shops in harbour side towns around the country!).
Which direction are you setting off in? I’m really quite envious of your big adventure. Hope the weather holds for the start of it.
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Going to keep turning right for as long as we’re enjoying it! Some “interesting” weather on day one!
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