Saturday 26 March 2016

Keep your fingers crossed









We have had our offer on a property accepted!!!!  Let the stress begin!!!!!  ........ yes lots of exclamation marks, that's the way I'm feeling, pent up energy bursting out all over the place.  It is very early days and a lot could go wrong, it is not straightforward and I have already spent two days on the phone trying to sort things out with solicitors and estate agents.  I'm sure my blood pressure has gone even higher than usual.  Being firm when I was negotiating the price was hard, trying not to show any emotion, doing the whole 'this is what we are offering, we will not offer more, we will walk away', but eventually we came to an agreement.  It doesn't help that half the people involved are off on annual leave when I really need to push things forward to meet the deadline of impending birth of our buyers baby.   ARRRGGGGHHHH!  I keep reminding myself that this is nothing compared to what Sue over at  Our Quiet Life in Suffolk  has had to deal with.  She is flipping amazing.  Luckily I was on annual leave this week so could spend the time on the phone, don't know how I'm going to manage when I'm back at work next week and can't take or make phone calls during clinics.  

Anyway, I won't say too much as I don't want to jinx anything.  I will leave you with photos of our lovely walk yesterday.  We decided to head inland to avoid the madding crowd and took a picnic with us, the first for the year.  Well o.k. to describe it as a picnic is exaggerating, there were no wicker baskets, quiches and glasses of elderflower presse, just a flask of tea and a sandwich, squashed in my backpack and eaten perched on a rock.  The weather was glorious, unlike today which is grey and raining.  It was a lovely distraction from all the things whizzing around my head.   When we returned we tidied up the garden and I covered my little veg patch, I don't think I will have time to grow anything and don't want it covered in weeds and cat poo from the neighbourhood cats for the new owners.  I have also started to clear out the greenhouse, sad to think I will not be growing anything in there, it was my dads and brings memories of his tomatoes and cucumbers which used to fill it and groan under the weight of it all.  I obviously haven't inherited his green fingers.  

These were taking at Stithians Dam, as you can see the water is very high at the moment.  It is a weird feeling looking at the water and imagining the buildings left at the bottom when the valley was flooded.  I have been to the lake before but never the end where the dam is situated, strange how we often overlook beautiful places on our doorstep.  In Cornwall we often head to the coast but this little gem of a place has lovely walks, watersports and is good for birdwatching.  


I love the beautiful yellow gorse 



Not sure what you can catch, my dad was a sea angler so I don't know much about freshwater fish




A very brazen bird who was very reluctant to move




A felt a bit wobbly taking this photo, I really don't like heights





Hope you have a relaxing weekend, and welcome to the new followers,

Chickpea xx

46 comments:

  1. Fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly with the house move - what an exciting (and stressful!) time. Your walk looks lovely; sometimes the best picnics are impromptu 'flask and a sandwich' ones. Have a very Happy Easter. xx

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    1. Everything crossed......well maybe not my eyes :)

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  3. I have fingers and toes crossed for you! I can almost smell the coconutty aroma of the gorse through your beautiful photos :)

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    1. It does smell gorgeous, doesn't taste like coconut sadly

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  4. That is wonderful news, I hope all goes well and look forward to reading all about it. Will you be able to take your dads greenhouse with you or is it included in the sale? I love the photos of your walk you have some stunning scenery around you. xx

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    1. It moved here from my dads house, I don't think it would survive another move.

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  5. I really hope everything goes well for you. It can be such a stressful time. I too have been in awe of Sue and her amazing 'just get on with things' attitude. The photographs are wonderful. You live in a beautiful part of the world. I am not on your followers as yet as I've had to start all over with a new email. I'm off to rectify that now. Have a lovely weekend. X

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  6. Fingers and toes crossed for you! I hope you are able to get everything sorted, and the deal goes through. I think buying and selling homes in the UK is much more complicated and takes much longer than here in Canada. It's stressful enough here, so I can't imagine adding on all that waiting time. Lovely pictures, although that one taken looking down made me feel a bit wobbly as well.

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    1. It can be a flipping nightmare here kristie!

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  7. "Danger of Death"!!! Lol I am terrible with heights as well, my vertigo is terrible. Oddly enough a holiday in Boscastle helped, I was running and walking the cliff edges after a few days. But not too close. loved it there.

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    1. That made me chuckle as well, seems a strange thing to say.

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  8. what a great place for a walk and blowing away the cobwebs! Hope all goes smoothly with the move :)

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  9. You certainly took us on a beautiful stroll and looks quite bright too. It is a blowing a gale here, lots of wind and torrential rain. Hope all goes well with the move.

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    1. It was a glorious day, glad we got out as today is horrible

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  10. Beautiful pictures, just look at that blue sky, I hope all goes smoothly for you, such a nice feeling xx

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  11. Lovely pictures, hope it is all smooth sailing with buying your dream home.

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    1. Don't know about dream home as it is, but hopefully I will get the chance to turn it into a wonderful family home.

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  12. SO pleased for you! Hope that all goes really well! xx

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  13. Well that's great news! I can sympathise with the stress of it though.
    Lovely photos from your walk.

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    1. I hate the whole stress thing, sleeping even worse than usual

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  14. Very pleased for you. I hope the sale will work out.
    Wonderful photos of your walk.

    cheers, parsnip

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    1. I wish, I've never seen one in the wild. They have red legs and beaks, but I think are in the corvus family

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  16. There's nothing better for getting your head together than immersion in nature. Good luck with the process, my mom is in the process of selling her home of eighteen years and moving into a townhouse, so I know what it's like.

    Also, I dig that bird. I've always been partial to corvids... according to family tradition, my great-grandfather had a tame crow that he taught to say a few words. The bird also enjoyed an occasional nip of brandy, and would get tipsy.

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    1. Love the story of you great grandfathers crow, they are very intelligent creatures. Wishing your mum a smooth house move, hope she doesn't have an attic full of your stuff left there. I'm trying to pursued my sons to come and take their stuff, including drum kit and surf boards!

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  17. Hey Chickpea,
    I shall whisper a quiet whoop whoop in respect of impending house move, and keep fingers and toes crossed for you. Personally my sort of picnic is exactly like the one you described; a sandwich and a flask stuffed into my backpack. A rock and a view (of which there are plenty in Cornwall). And like you, I love the inland areas of Cornwall as much as the sea. I actually appreciate them more when the world goes mad during the silly season. When we are out and about in Betty, the lunch is far more sophisticated; hotdogs and ketchup ;))
    Have a lovely week,
    Leanne xx

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    1. Awww thanks bird :) I'm very jealous of your Betty, I would love to be able to drive off to lovely places and cook up some grub.

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  18. Fingers crossed here too.

    That is a lovely place to take a walk. I live in a touristy area too but it is possible to find quiet places in silly season isn't it?

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    1. Yes it is, we usually keep hush hush about them though :)

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  19. Fingers and toes crossed for you. Such a stressful time xxx

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  20. fingers crossed and toes too xxx

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  21. Fingers toes and everthing else crossed for you both.Thinking of you and really hoping you are soon in your new home and chillin out.Huge Huggles.xx

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    1. So looking forward to having some time to chill :)

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  22. Fingers definitely crossed for you!

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