ANOTHER UPDATE

For those interested......

McDowell has decided not to sign the document, which states that we have agreed to vacate by December 31, 2025.  We have a place to move the Bar to and live, but it needs to be cleaned up, and major repairs are required, which we will undertake in exchange for rent.  This is under appeal, too, so both places are awaiting the court's decision on the various appeals.

I have a brand-new passport, and I am looking forward to buying a ticket home.  I am aiming for not later than the week of August 11.  We will live in our house and do business from our Bar/Restaurant until we have to go.  I will cope with losing the garden and the sea.

Otherwise, I am OK, and packing up the Brooke Valley house.  Hard physical work, but mostly heartbreaking.  So sad.  50 years of memories, mementoes, things, photos and beautiful, beloved books that nobody wants.  The house needs attention, the roof needs repairs and the fascia must be replaced.  Nick and I are trying to decide whether to remove the additions which will not survive another long, wet winter and are too much space to heat and not needed anyway.

It seems as though I will be packing for the next 6 months.