Re: Great Bookham whinge was: Sennen Cove

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) to the suitcase carrier - we'd only need one if it was happy to be

strapped to the roof of the car!!

We'll still have time for anglo-saxon trip: provided my dad hasn't moved

again by then. Honestly, I could strangle his bloody wife. They bought a

pile of a bungalow in 3/4 acre in Bookham and moved in at the beginning of

June. Prior to moving they spend £?? (but not negligible, I'll bet!)

getting asbestos stripped from the chimney. Then £3000 getting skiploads of

clart cleared from the garden. Then £2000 getting the house rewired (it had

previously been lived in by sisters in their 80s and was in the sort of

condition you'd expect from that). I haven't visited yet, but from the

floor plans they showed me it looks like a funny old place anyway - not a

corridor or hallway in sight and half the rooms can only be reached by going

through other rooms ie through the living room to a guest bedroom etc. which

wouldn't suit me, but still..

Anyway, since they moved in, he's been working in Vietnam though he told me

(virtually in tears poor love!) that he did try to get out of it and

couldn't. And she's been in Italy for a week and Israel for a fortnight.

So they've lived there for a month and been home about a week and a half of

that time. Fair enough. Now she's whingeing because they can't unpack.

Why? Because they haven't decorated yet. Why not? Because the rewiring

hasn't been done. Why not? Because nobody's been there to give the

electricians access. Why not? Because she doesn't like it there. Why?

" Because it's lonely, I don't know anyone, it's dark at night, there's no

street lighting, it doesn't feel like home because we can't decorate " . Do

we all spot a circular argument here? Of course she doesn't know anyone -

she hasn't been there to meet anyone. Of course it's dark at night - that's

when the sun goes to bed!! Of course you can't decorate......GRRRRR!

Anyway the upshot of it all is that he's gone to Vietnam and apparently

behind his back she's agreed to sell the place to developers!!!!! Which I

think is iniquitous (and I told her so - can't quite believe I did that!) I

mean fine, if she doesn't like the place don't live in it - but after all

*she* chose it - literally, Dad wanted to go to Suffolk and she talked him

into it. But just because she doesn't want to live in it doesn't give her

the right to sell it off to bloody developers. She's making my blood boil

just thinking about it! There's precious few houses with large areas of

garden in green belt areas and the fact that one of my family would consider

reducing that number makes me crawl with shame, frankly.

Oh well, girls, got that off my chest for the morning )) Bet you're sorry

you asked now, aren't you Caro??!! Off to the web on a cottage hunt...

Vicki Portman

http://www.plushpants.co.uk

Re: Sennen Cove

> Vicki

> hope you'll still have time to do the anglo saxon trip (with your dad

> of course!) but it *is* in the opposite direction to your dad's - not

> doing another Box Hill til next year I think - but I think there is a

> Viking weekend here in September, and thought I might turn up as a

> native anglo saxon just to put the cat amongst the pigeons as it

> were!! Just have to organise a body guard tho...

>

> Caro

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> PS You don't want a suitcase carrier for SennenCove do you???

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> ;-)

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