Week 2

Hi everyone

Jane has just finished showing me how to blog and I am now allowed to type my first posting - so here goes.....
We're now staying in a fantastic garage conversion in a very rural location, where all we hear is the odd tractor driving up and down a very narrow lane. Within half an hour I was doing a spot of DIY on the window (it was loose and needed tightening up and fortunately I had my screwdriver set with me).

We start the day by watching lots of council estate people on the Jeremy Kyle show (it makes us feel better when we know that there are unemployed people out there worse off than us) and then we listen to 80's and 90's music on Lantern FM - life doesn't get much better than this I can tell you.
At the start of our first week here we've just taken it easy - apart from a 21 mile bike ride (we didn't know it would be that long!!) which was very enjoyable apart from one argument (we got lost) and two very sore bums.

We've finally started the ball rolling by placing some of our 'potential' business cards in some shop windows as well as viewing a couple of very cheap properties as possible investment opportunities. It's amazing what some people view as 'liveable' - every one of them so far needs gutting to meet our high standards but the rewards would be worth it. We may make an offer on one so watch this space and we'll keep you posted.
Devon life agrees with us and we don't miss work at all (especially me - sorry Pete!) but there will come a time shortly when we will have to bring some money in and hopefully we'll be working for ourselves.
We head back home end of September for a couple of weeks and to decide further on our next step.
We both hope all our readers are well and please keep reading!

Dan

Week One!

Hi everyone!

Well, we're here ! Having a fantastic week. Sun every day so far (touching wood). We had a wonderful wedding anniversary - we came down to the lounge being decorated with balloons and streamers by our lovely friends, Helen and Shane and they made us a lovely breakfast! Very spoilt. Croyde Bay is as lovely as we remember it from last year - very chilled - just what the doctor ordered! We've had lots of late nights (for Dan and I!) playing board games and 'Buzz' on the play station. It is addictive! Having some lovely meals out (and some nice meals in too!)
Will blog again soon, but just to say we're having a great week. Hope you're all doing well.

See you soon. The Devon Adventurers xx