Getting sorted.....

Hello.

We are still in Port, the weather is terrible, just as well as we have lot's to do and a Citroen Saxo to sell - I'm open to offers!!

Selling up and shipping out..... That's what we've been trying to do ever since we made the decision to re-route our lives. I have to say, to coin a phrase, "it's been emotional". When you start to look around at the things you have accumulated over the years you find everything has at least one memory tied to it. We are an emotional pair and always feel sentimental about the things we own, hence we have have not found it easy letting go of some of these things. Not all have been sold, to my relief... The Triumph Herald that Martyn bought when we were about 18, and the Lambretta with more bespoke parts engineered by Martyn than original parts when it left the factory. The registration numbers are almost identical - fate? Hareni, our first boat, a 27ft Seamaster which we bought in 1996 and with the help of a good friend took her from York to Sowerby Bridge in November through rain, floods and eventually snow... She was to remain our home until 2006 when we eventually moved on to Elephant Daze. She is up for sale but no interest as yet - I am torn between relief, anxiety (we need the cash...!!!) and a little bit of anger that no-one is interested in the best boat ever.... (I guess I may be slightly biased). I have managed to sell both of my scooters a Vespa Primavera (My first bike from 1995) and my Vespa cutdown which I have had since about 1996 - it has taken many different forms and has been re-engineered that many times you wouldn't know it was the same bike. All of these items are linked to memories with people, if it wasn't for these machines we wouldn't have met some of the amazing people we have shared great times with. To steal a phrase " without people we're nothing". I wouldn't swap those memories for anything. So yes - it's been emotional....

Enevitably we have spent the last two days going through old paperwork, finding out things about our life that we had almost forgotten. These things don't make it any easier to leave but are an essential part of the trip. They remind us of all the crazy things we have done in the past (there's been a few!) and spur us on to create some new fantastic memories, before we get too scared to take any chances.

We will spend tonight going through the enormous pile of photographs - remember before it all went digital? It may well be a late one, there's a lot to get through. Tomorrow we will be back on weather watch.

Bye for now.