Quick Update

I 'passed' the retake of my Field of Vision test when I took it last week.  My mouth has stopped hurting although I am still using some revolting tasting mouthwash to ensure the almost-but-not-quite healed chasm in my gum doesn't get infected. And, we have sold the house again, we think.

After our recent experience we are not taking anything for granted but the current buyers seem deadly serious; they are in the process of completing the sale of  their own place down in England and don't need a mortgage and the people we're buying from seem OK (for now) about staying on side while our purchasers sale grinds through the slow mill that is the English house selling system. 

As a result I am rather more perky than I have been for many many weeks and even managed to send off for a City break brochure from a firm specialising in trips to Italy. I am determined that, even if we can't book anything yet, this is the year I see Florence. 

I note said brochure has yet to arrive; the Post Office in its wisdom recently started routing post for the Northern Isles through Glasgow rather than Inverness as they had previously done. This seems to have speeded up post going south, and seriously slowed the things coming north. The Post Office deny this slowing  down with great vehemence, which would be more convincing if the word 'Horizon' wasn't hovering in the air every time they make an official statement.