if you're having a nervous breakdown, have it in France

It has been a really long time since i posted anything - for good reason, there was nothing to say, no tenant to report and no leaving date. Then we found a tenant but i still didn't post as his signature was not on the dotted line. However he had parted with his deposit, visited the house 6 times and we thought it was a sure thing....so we left.
We left Perth last Saturday and had two rather liver pickling, but great, days in Northern England with our great friend. Then one night in a very good Premier Inn in Dover - good in all counts except pest control. We were all eaten alive by mosquitoes, something we hadn't expected for another couple of countries.
Anyway we are now at the gorgeous holiday cottage of the Brysons, and loving having beds, a bathroom, a cooker and internet access for the last time. We have a veritable mobile office set up and i am busy sorting out our various insurance policies (ran out of time for that at home!) and the last few details of the tenancy.

Catastrophe yesterday however - the tenant pulled out of the whole deal, at the 11th hour - he was supposed to be moving in on the 15th. We are shell shocked and gutted. So now we don;t know what is happening - without a tenant we might have to return to Perth. For now we will wait a few days in Normandy, Archie is due to get the cast off his broken arm on Monday (thanks to Adam and Wendy for making that appointment in French for us!) so we will stay till then at least. How stressful is this???? We have left home and now are totally up in the air again. Of course if you are going to have a nervous breakdown i do believe i am in one of the better spots - wine is cheap and good and plentiful ;)

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