Not sure where the last month just went but wherever it went, it went there very quickly! I've been teaching English to foreign language students for the last few weeks which was great fun and as quite a large number of them were Spanish it gave me a chance to practise my listening skills ;-) So now I can join Ian in the box packing and general kerfuffle at home.
So, we move next month and things are getting really imminent now. We're both in the process of cancelling mobile phone contracts, utilities etc. This has proved pretty frustrating as they all seem to have different notice periods varying from 3 months to 30 days to a week! We have therefore diarised the different dates so that we don't forget anything. Life is never simple is it? We've also been getting in place all the necessary paperwork for our residencia application and re-registering our GB car in Spain. It's an old but very reliable workhorse and worth us doing so in case you wonder! We plan to use it until it falls apart so no plans to re-sell (and there's no market for RHD cars out there which we know). Unless you are in the same position with an old, reliable and therefore cheap to re-register car which you don't plan on re-selling, our TOP TIP would be to buy out there although cars are not that cheap so do take that into account whilst budgeting for any move.
On the subject of budgeting, whilst we were able to pay in full for the hotel in Zaragoza and the ferry from Barcelona to Palma ages ago when we first booked, this was not the case with the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao where you cannot pay that far in advance and you only pay a deposit. They take the payment six weeks before travel so although Ian realised this and put a reminder on his phone, it still comes as a bit of a shock to have to find the best part of £500 so TOP TIP do bear this in mind if you are making similar travel arrangements.
In other news, oh dear the UK weather :-( At the moment - and let's remind ourselves of the date of 2 Aug - it is grey and very blustery and has been wet all day, in fact this morning the rain was relentless sooooo..... whilst this is all very depressing, it is in fact quite helpful as it spurs us on, although to be fair we have had a few decent days - aren't we all lucky ;-o Ian looks at the webcams on Puerto Pollensa seafront daily which is not necessarily what I want to see when it's chucking it down in UK but he finds it keeps him going - each to their own! If you would like a daily live 'fix' of Puerto Pollensa, just click on this link and away you go
And if you want a quick look at what it looks like out there on that webcam as I type then we hope this makes you smile:
So to summarise, the closer you get to a major, life-changing event the faster the time goes by - fact! As we get closer to the actual date (14th Sept) we will post in this blog more often and during the actual journey it will be every day :-D
fellow Worthing resident & PP lover - been going there for hols for 18 years, & back there soon - following blog with interest...you having a leaving do?
ReplyDeleteHi fellow Worthing resident and PP lover :-) so sorry for the delay in replying! Yes we are having a leaving do on 27th Aug at The Cricketers in Broadwater from 2pm (hopefully out in the beer garden but with our lovely UK weather you just never know!) - do drop by if you're able :-)
DeleteYou've been going out to PP a long time then, don't blame you! When are you next back out?
Sarah & Ian
Don't recommend a RHD car over here, dangerous in some circumstances and inconvenient if driving alone at tolls and car parks. Not that cheap to re register plus headlamp changes etc. Here on the mainland there is a good market for RHD motors for people who are returning to the UK. Agree second hand cars more expensive here but would have LHD every time.
ReplyDeleteHi, yes you're right re the downside of RHD cars and if we come across a convenient way to sell it and then get a LHD we will. Keeping it and re-registering it is, in effect, the only other option so we're just trying to be pragmatic :-) Interesting re the better market for RHD on the mainland, we'll bear that in mind!
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