You all seem to be doing amazingly well, folks!

Well I'm part way through the unpacking....can't find the stereo....have lost the keys to the "annexe", where more stuff is stacked. My main problem is what to do with the mountain of boxes and packing paper. I'm collapsing and stacking boxes wherever possible, and filling others with paper. The domestic recycling here is not as thorough as I am used to - blue wheelie bin for paper, card and plastic bottles; black bin for everything else. They get emptied alternate weeks. The nearest tip is about 15 miles away. I'll have to make sure I take a couple of boxes every time I venture that way!

Anyway, on a brighter note - I have been invited to go along to Morris practice on Tues evenings....over the border in Scotland! There's a couple from the village who go. So, the exercise will hopefully increase, I will walk to the village shops and, should I feel inclined, there's WW in the village too, on Mondays!

I'll be properly online again in a couple of weeks, all being well, so till then I'll try and get to the cafe in Wooler a couple of times a week.

Andrea