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  • Repair to the beach

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    30th September 2024 It’s been a hot day, banking success …. Low expectations obvs ….. reacquainted with the property we are buying, once again it blew us away … moved to tears, I almost can’t believe it is going to be ours. The day ends with a cool off at the Crane beach It’s a…

  • Bushwhacking

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    30th September 2024 We hotfoot it from the super swanky air conditioned banking suite to the steamy cane fields and our appointment with the surveyor for the fabled line marking. We are overwhelmed by the beauty of the place we are buying. More of that very soon – but here’s a sneak preview of the…

  • Money Money Money

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    30th September 2024 I’m sure you are all beside yourselves with anticipation to hear a banking update. Today has been a doing day and we have much to report. We have spent a glorious weekend getting back into island life. We fall asleep to frogs and wake to parakeets. We make a big effort to…

  • Here comes the sun

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    28th September 2024 We wake early … waste no time and hit the beach by 6am. On the way there we swerve … there is a crab in the road. It’s all a bit surreal. We are here. It’s happening.

  • Beat the bulge.

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    27th September 2024 This journey usually seems so easy, a 5am start, non-stop to Heathrow, breakfast, board the plane, a couple of movies and 8.5 hrs later we are there. However this time the start is different. We rock up, confident and a bit elated to check in. A little chat and preamble, “where are…

  • Radio Cymru

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    25th September 2024 While the boss was writing the last blog post I was being interviewed in the language of heaven on the BBC about our Caribbean adventure. It was probably more Radio Ga Ga by the time I’d finished, but it was fun – and fantastic to get the opportunity. A huge shout out…

  • Cricket, goodbyes and a PV appointment

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    25th September 2024 It’s all getting a bit imminent now. 48hrs to go. We have had a final stereotypical weekend away with good mates as a mini farewell. The boys head to Headingley to the cricket. They drink copious amounts of lager, talk bollocks and end up in the pub for a curry. The girls…

  • “Packed my bags last night, pre-flight…”

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    19th September 2024 Hmmm – will I have to pay royalties to Elton and Bernie for using that line? If their lawyers get in touch this blog will be reaching more people than we expected. I used to be a last-minute kind of guy with packing. My career didn’t help – my record late finish…

  • Scratch and sniff

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    15th September 2024 They are back! It’s this time of year, nights getting colder and they think they are better off in our eaves. How they get in is a mystery? Their presence is made known by a rustle and scratching in the eaves and little black gifts in and among the suitcases. We know…

  • The countdown begins

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    15th September 2024 It’s now less than 2 weeks before we fly. In just over two weeks the property will be ours all bar the signing, the final payment and the line marking (more of that in a later blog) Holy yikes!! I’m still a little in denial and get rushes of excitement when I…