I can finally write that it has come to pass and we are now living in our new forever home, and the relief is tremendous. We had worked so hard on Ynyswen down the years - we had lived therefor nearly 33 years, and it had been a huge money-pit, but we had brought it back from the brink of dereliction, restored its features and given it a future. Yet when it came to selling, people would come along and expect to find it in its own private estate, rather than a lovely old Welsh farmhouse that - by its definition - was next to a farm. FINALLY the right people came and fell in love with it and they couldn't wait to get in and it is THEIR new forever home now.
We finally got away at 2 p.m. ish, for the hour drive up to Builth. The cats travelled pretty well apart from a few complaints, and a poo from Theo in the first 5 minutes which meant windows needed to be opened!! They had to go up in the attic straight away, and be locked in so that everything could be unloaded - the Essentials that was. The rest is delivered on Monday and Tuesday.
Above and below: the view from our bedroom window that we woke up to this morning. A bit gloomy due to the weather, but you get the idea.
The cats racketed around up there - Alfie trying to open doors which then shut with a bang! Not conducive to a good night's sleep and so Tam and I had to open the attic door and put up with Alfie and Little Whale complaining in loud voices and taking it in turns to come on the bed. Ah yes, the bed - we couldn't get our tall headboard up the stairs so are on the mattress on the floor. We are going to try and remove the top batten of the door frame tomorrow in the hope that will make the difference. We have already had to take an axe (!!! all we had to hand) to knock out a worktop in the Utility Room to make room for the fridge-freezer to go back against the wall. When plumbing in the washing machine we had to ease the water inlet out of a pipe clip which prevented us connecting the other end. I got it free with a large screwdriver, and managed to bend my little finger nail right back. It is still feeling rather sore.
View from Tam's window.
Anyway, all the boxes we had marked Kitchen, E for essential, are now unpacked and unwrapped and put away and the kitchen looks a lot more like home.
View from the pink bedroom - hills behind the stables.
Tam and I got a short walk in this afternoon, exploring, and have found an inviting footpath which we will walk when we have a bit more time. We took some photos today, but the internet is bad (we have it through a hotspot via a mobile) and so I'll try and add some later.
I said there were lovely views - this is from the lane close to the house.
Right, back to bed now. It's 5.42 a.m. and I couldn't sleep, so came downstairs to finish this post.
