TOUCHING A NEW BASE

Well, we're in the new house: the computer is connected (although a fan did not survive the journey: it sounds like someone is using a chainsaw inside a light aircraft in here...), most of the house has been painted, the new floors have been laid, and we've almost chosen the new bathroom fittings. Whilst it's fun kneeling on the bare concrete floor to shave myself in my daughter's princess mirror, and sitting down in the bath to shower with a hand-held nozzle, I'd really rather like a bathroom that doesn't resemble the inside of a Beirut bombsite, ta muchly.

I've a lot to catch up on, a lot to chase after, and a lot to get back on track in the next few weeks. Bear with us while we try to get our life in order: renovations are, to put it in the mildest possible terms, a complete fucking bastard. Never again. Never again.