It’s less than a week now until we move, and we’re starting to flag a bit.
Every room is full of boxes, either full or waiting to be filled, lining the rooms like some cardboard termite mound whilst we squeeze through tunnels between them.
It’s tiring. Both the constant decision making process – to store, to the caravan, to the charity box, to trash – and the packing and manhandling of the boxes to safe stacks around the house.
There is nothing that brings home the stark reality of having too much stuff like the process of having to pack it away.
To be fair, the bulk of it is books. I honestly don’t know how many boxes of books we have. It must be in the hundreds.
Husband and I both share an abiding love of books, but combining our collections when we married three years ago has resulted in a veritable tsunami of books. Working in the book industry for major publishers over the last thirteen years has only fed the beast. It’s overwhelming. We’ve never had them all unpacked…
When we get to the island we’re going to have to do further weeding out and disposal. There simply won’t be enough wallspace to build enough book shelves to take them all, I’m sure of it.
However, we’re now on the final stretch. The last few yards.
The day of the move is almost upon us, She says with a big, tired smile.
Ravencroft Skye 
It’s altogether a strange year full of transitions, your next transition is the big one and I wish you a smooth (at least smoothish) one. I wish you a shed load of good luck.
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Thanks so much Linda 😘
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Weeding books is not an easy task at all.
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It’s where we’ve failed most spectacularly so far 😢
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I have really enjoyed reading your journey so far and I wait with bated breath for the next episode.
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Thank you so much! There may be a bit of a haitus in posting for the next week as the removals van is coming tomorrow and we will take three days to drive up to the island, but I’ll be back once we’ve arrived! 😊
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Looking forward to hearing more.
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At last, how exciting. I will be jumping up and down, waving and shouting welcome, but you will have to use your imagination because the Cullins will be in the way and it will probably be blowing a gale.
I wish you a safe journey and a happy arrrival.
Don’t forget the Uisge Beath, you will need it for a libation for the wee folk, for a stream of visitors and to keep your spirits up.
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Absolutely. Thank you! There will be a bit of radio silence for the next week as we travel up slowly with the dog, but will be back online very soon 😊
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I’ve been reading through your journey with interest. We were hoping to make a move to the Western Isles soon, but I ended up with cancer instead…which means staying put for a while at least.
I wish you both all the best.
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Thank you so much. So sorry to hear of your illness, Sue, and I wish you all the very best with your treatment. What awful timing for you. I hope that you recover soon and manage to make the trip. Which island were you planning to go to?
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Thanks, Luffy. They can’t cure it, sadly, just buy time.. so it is a question of how muchand where shall I spend it? 😉 Harris was where we we planning for, but I’d have been happy anywhere.
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I’m so sorry to hear that. Sending much love and strength to you and I hope that you live to the fullest that you can for as long as you can. We never know what’s around the corner, do we. Hat off to you for your positivity and honesty. Sending huge hugs, which of course aren’t anywhere near enough, but words aren’t adequate at times like these ❤️
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Thank you… but honestly, it does have its up-sides. You wouldn’t believe how easy it is to clear out cupboards and things these days 😉 ❤
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