We were going to go to Fronrhydd on Good Friday to spend the week 'working things out', but plans were delayed by a day as my brother had a polytunnel to erect, which was too good a learning opportunity to miss as we have a big frame to refurbish in Wales. Good Friday was a lovely day weather-wise, much better than the following day as it turned out. We loaded up the BFG (our Toyota Land Cruiser) with as much stuff as we could, plus dogs of course. Debbi was going to follow

Following are the 'landing party' moving in on Day 1 (21st April 2016) Dexter, the energetic youth element of the team. He thinks he knows what's best, but often ends up making poor decisions. Guidance will be needed! Tallie, for her looks! Sophie, the silent partner

Good things come to those that wait... 8 months to be precise. In those 8 months we experienced the joy of being given the initial thumbs up for our dream from the bank, the heart break of our first property falling through; renewed excitement at finding our second; a cardiac arrest near miss when the call from the bank to say the mortgage offer had been issued was initially misheard as "there is an issue with your mortgage", the frustration of land boundary negotiations unti