Rob's Blog
Well... that's it. It's official, we've signed and completed a 5-way (!!!) house exchange.
On Saturday we moved out of the flat in Taunton, and into our wonderfully amazing house in a picturesque village in the countryside. The process of the swap has landed us with:
- friendly neighbours who won't steal the sparkplugs from my motorbike
- a huge back garden with room for a shed, green house, vegetable patch and rockery...
- utility room with plumbing so we have space in the kitchen for a dishwasher
- a seperate living room and dining room
- ... space to breathe ...
- an enormous bedroom so we actually have room for Ange's studio
- real coal burning fires throughout... and a coal store.
- a water heater capable of drawing more than one bath a day
- a loft that the previous tennants actually emptied out
- our very own large front lawn
- stairs! (okay, it was only Amy who really cared about them)
- views of fields, horses and hills
- proper back door with a cat flap
- a proper local country pub
- less than a 15 minute ride to the office
... reading back through that list it's strange to see some of the things that make a difference. But I still think it was a
ridiculously benificial swap!
I know, I know - it's been months and months since I posted a blog. I should probably have written something about Jamaica and bareback horse riding in the Carribean sea, quitting smoking again, our impending house move. I should proably have written about the merger of
Fuelled on Coffee and
Higher Sites, and subsequently of
Higher Sites and
Mostly Media. I should probably have written about how much Amy is growing up. But I haven't. I will soon!
In the mean time, I
am writing about how good Ange's music is sounding:
Cry with Me - Ange Hardy (feat. Tom Spademan, and Kelly Craven)
Personally I prefer her acousitc roots, but this isn't half bad! ;)
