This seems to have been a manic week so far.
The car is now for sale. At the time of putting it up for sale I was still intending to buy a van and self-move to Spain. Then, having found companies that offer part loads by the cubic metre, lost my way slightly on the part load. A transit van quantity costs about £1000 to move and therefore I have booked a removal firm. They will collect furniture and goods on the morning of the 30th July, and leave on the Plymouth to Santander ferry on the same day. We will fly out on the morning of the 31st July and our furniture should join us on the 1st or 2nd of August. Seems far easier and less stressful than actually trying to move ourselves.

The flights then are booked, leaving from Bristol to Valencia on Easyjet - about 7.30AM on the morning of 31st July. This has in itself helped spark a little homesickness in Sally prior to leaving as the enormity of owning one way tickets to Spain begins to hit home.

The house is on the rental market and appears in the paper on Tuesday next week. The rental company were really positive about finding somebody quickly partly as a result of the hard work we have put in over the last few weeks to make the place presentable for renting.

The house in Spain it seems is all but sorted. The contract should be with us by the end of this week and the funds for the deposit are currently clearing in my current account. The landlord seems happy for us to sign contracts once we've moved in as then we can do it at his solicitor's office in Oliva.

So, all go and another busy week beckons as we try to sell the car and rent out our own house.