Heavy Showers.

9.00 am -The internet is back on once more but as it has worked briefly for the last few mornings then faded away I'm not yet dancing for joy.

We've finally accepted an offer for this place, lower than we hoped but we have to be realistic. However as a third of offers on property don't make it through to completion we're not getting excited. If things do go smoothly then I understand the whole process takes at least 8 weeks.

In the meantime we've started looking at properties in town. As we have limited the search area and one of our criteria is that the new property should be easy to sell on again several of the places we found on line (intermittent broadband is not helpful at the moment) have already been marked 'sold subject to contract'. That's not to say they might not reappear but we need to sort things quickly. We looked at one house yesterday which seemed hopeful with just a couple of niggles and today we are looking at another house 2 doors away. 

Here goes with trying to post this ......

Some hours later I'm back on line. Here are a few photos from the last couple of days.

 Peacock Butterflies.

 Small Tortoiseshell.

 Small Copper.

 Southern Hawker.

We're back from today's viewing and are waiting to hear if our offer (a little below asking price) has been accepted. Although yesterday's house had superficially better décor and an easier back garden we quite like the fact that there is some scope to improve the property and so add value. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope that it all works out.
Today's weather has swung from bright sunshine to torrential downpours. This morning's forecast even mentioned hail and thunderstorms. Come to think of it there was a flash of lightning as we were leaving the viewing. Afterwards we carried on into town, dropped off more stuff at a charity shop and did some shopping at Lidl's and Tesco's. Right now I'm winnowing through my files once more. It's surprising how much there is that can be thrown out.