So what is the weather really going to be like?

I am amazed at the focus on the weather in Weymouth. I knew the poms complain about the weather but the level of fascination is over the top. It seems everyone is keen to give a weather update - LIVE - 24 hours a day.

If it was not bad enough just to feel cold you can look on-line and know that you were right - it is bloody cold. Here are a couple of sites that feed the weather live from where we are going to live

http://www.geoffwebber.co.uk/weather/index1.htm
http://www.weymouth-weather.co.uk/ http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/Environment/Weatherstation/home.asp?svid=1011

Here is a live photo from a few days ago - as you can see it is a lovely rainy day with a wind chill factor of 5 deg. CANT WAIT!

Home for the next 12 months

A few people have been asking where we will be living. Well it is a lovely house called 'The Mansard' at Buckland Ripers about 15 minutes from Weymouth. I love the name 'Buckland Ripers' - almost posh. It is described as "a tiny hamlet with a church situated at the end of a sleepy lane". It seems the only thing in the area is the Church so it looks like we have something to do on sunday at least!

45 Days to go

Well the plane ticket has been purchased so it looks like there is no turning back now.

Still waiting on the visas but have ticked of 45 of the 4534 things to do before we go. Sadly one of those was to sell all my fish and coral.

Only 45 more sleeps to go...ARGHHHHHH

The Planning Begins

Ok- so what have we done?? It cant be true.

For some reason I have this strange feeling that I agreed to uproot the whole family, hand over the house to a complete stranger, allow Kathy to resign from work, take Adelaide out of school - and head off to a place that is somewhere at the bottom of the UK. I know it is Weymouth...I Think... but dont even begin to ask me any questions on what is it like? how big is it? What is there?

So can I answer the question - what are you doing? Well yes... and no. As far as I can tell, it is a work exchange with Weymouth Council. My role will be the Corporate Development and Partnership Manager. Beyond that it gets a bit fuzzy.

If it is true then the scary thing is that there is only 62 days to go before I leave. Time to get passports, visas, work permits, air fares, hand over things at work, get the contract organised, Kathy to resign, arrange schooling and childcare, get our finances in order, arrange a car, resign from the P&C, do our tax............................

OK, so what have we done???