Moving to Sicily

Back under the UK clouds. Our home in the UK is now all packed up, well mostly. Barbara and the girls have just flown back to Sicily ahead of my departure. The race is now on to pack what is left, leave a bit for me to live off of when I return in a few weeks for the second load of our belongings. Drive from the UK to Sicily and return for a second trip. Maybe a third. My good friend Garry has made himself available and I’ll pick him up on route to the Ferry. Paperwork is all in order, although aparently if your taking your own belongings you don’t need any customs paperwork. I’ve purchased a truck for £5000 and will use that to transport everything. When I return, I’ll set it and hopefully get most of my money back. Movers wanted circa £16,000 to move us. Hired a couple of guys to help with the load as I’m not Superman and there is a lot of furniture to take. When I get back, decoration on the house starts so that we can rent the house out. Don’t want to burn our bridges in case something does not work out, I.e. we run out of money. I’ve hired a garage in Mazara del Vallo, Sicily to store all of our things as will not be able to get the truck down the narrow streets of the Kasbah, so will do that in stages as and when we move in. So off to Mazara del Vallo, Sicily.