The Move

Well in my last post I showed pictures of MY craft stuff packed

with a pic of Tasmin

I have been asked a couple of questions about the move

So I thought I would do a blog post

to answer as many as possible.

and then just send said people the link

so here goes.

We will be travelling by car which is 2350 km

in miles that is 1460.

We leave Portugal on the 10th December 

and make our way to Bilbao in Spain 

taking about 10 hours

Once there we have to show passports

not just us the dogs have their own

We had to have these to bring them back into the UK

or it would have meant both dogs going into

quarantine..

costing us..wait for it

£1000 a month per dog !!

back onto the journey

we jump on the ferry at Bilbao which takes 24 hours

but brings us to Portsmouth and onto UK soil.

Then we just have about a 6 hour drive

in a left hand drive car 

which will be fun

(taking into account stops for the dogs)

up to Halifax to drop Kiya off

Kiya will be stopping with Paul's son Karl

until we find our new home.

we may stay over as we have not seen Karl 

for about two years now

so will be nice to catch up.

but depends on how Hector is!!

more on him in a few

We then travel from Halifax onto Caistor

which is near Brigg, to Paul's mum's house.

That is going to be our temporary home while looking for our new home.

Tasmin who usually looks like this...

A cocker spaniel not a Lab...lol

Will be going with us to Pauls mum.

The two dogs will be travelling in these

the reason being

We have to get so much in the car

having them loose would be a nightmare

We are using them now 

so they are used to being in them

and I can tell you it took three days

before Kiya would go inside.

Now these take up most of the boot

so we have bought a roof box

For our clothes.

bedding and whatever can be piled in there

We also have a box which will fit snuggly 

under the two dog cages in the boot

inside this we are hoping to get the

PC, PlayStation, WII, 

any other elecrical things

oh and I have permission to squeeze cards in there too.

Now Hector the sometimes friendly iguana

He wanted to sit on my knee... 

either that or he wanted to help with the card I was in the middle of doing

He is fairly big now

As you can see behind me his house

well what was a three door built in wardrobe.

He will be travelling on the back seat next to Hannah

This is his moving home already lined with fake turf

it is the biggest tub we can buy 

that will fit behind the passenger seat with the seat forward but I am sure he will be OK

We have a Hot water bottle with a snuggly cover 

that we will fill throughout the journey

to keep him warm

He will not be eating though

we have had advice on not feeding him two days before

because he will be so stressed 

he wouldn't digest the food

which will in turn go off in his stomach

and make him ill.

So he will be very hungry when we finally 

get to Paul's mum's

We have ordered his next home

so it should be installed and ready!!

so as soon as we get there, Hector can stretch his tail

and have something nice to eat.

So as you can see..we have a lot to fit into the car

and have had a lot to sort out

the number of lists we have made is unreal

what we would like to take

and what we CAN actually take

My die cutting machine vs a TV

the machine won...lol

anyway I will let you get off now

Sorry it was such a long post

but people have been asking all sorts of questions

so I hope I have answered them all

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon

have a brill week

Claire x