Since last Friday we now have passports so feel nothing can now get in the way of our going! After queuing at S Africa House we were advised that the waiver we sought would have to be arranged in Pretoria and so our visa application sent in early July was withdrawn and our papers returned. What a relief!
We were in London anyway for a last visit to look after Billy in Hackney while Laura worked and to deliver two wardrobes and other bulky things in a hired van. Plants from our garden have gone to her and to Joe as well as to many others, and the charity shops here and in Newbury will miss our regular boxes and bags.
Removals and storage are booked for November 4/5th after which we will spend a long weekend with the family, mostly in Teddington which is handy for Heathrow from where we fly off on Nov 9th.
But there is still plenty to think of and to clean and pack ready to store or to take in two large suitcases each. We trust the churchwardens in De Aar will have found some basic furniture for the Rectory there, which we think has been empty but let till recently. We have had fun finding the red roofed house on Google Earth and spotting the two swimming pools in the town - public ones we hope.
