Mar 13, 2019 | Home, Leisure, World
The journey up to Gatwick was uneventful but we were very unimpressed with the ‘official’ taxi booth there. Booking a taxi through them to get to our Travelodge cost £15, so when we did the return trip back to Gatwick at 4am the following morning, we...
Mar 10, 2019 | Home, Leisure, World
Back home again on the Isle of Wight, and we were keen to get another trip booked as soon as we could! This time we also wanted to take the two older boys to show them the house and give them another foreign holiday too. We hadn’t taken them last time as...
Oct 9, 2018 | Home, Leisure, World
The next morning, we woke with a lot of excitement as today was the day we had been waiting for since July and we’d finally be getting to see what we’d bought with our credit card money! There was also a bit of trepidation, after building it up so much in...
Oct 8, 2018 | Home, Leisure, World
After winning the eBay auction, the seller sent us an invoice, which included the winning price, the tax and the legal expenses: 1 Bulgarian Smallholding For sale Farm House :Â 6800.00 2 Notary and legal fees : 441.00 3 State tax (5% of purchase price) : 340.00 TOTAL...
Jul 20, 2018 | Home, Leisure, World
As a cautious, sensible person with quite a lot of anxiety, I don’t tend to do much on impulse. Decisions are often weighed up carefully and the pros and cons examined thoroughly before doing anything, especially when that decision entails parting with a...
