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Aug 26, 2011 - Uncategorized    No Comments

The Container Arrives

For the last month we’ve been axiously awaiting the arrival of our container!    We were given the name of the ship the container was travelling on so that we could track it’s progress.   We watched it leave the Uk, heading for Holland, then Spain, then Egypt!     What was odd was that the container was now in Egypt, yet it was due to arrive in Canada in a few days.   Either this ship has some new super-propulsion or something’s wrong!   We contacted the shippers to express our concern, only to be told – “ah yes the container was moved onto a different ship and is now in Montreal”!    Thanks for letting us know guys!

Anyway, our arrival date came today and behold – the container arrived (along with three guys to offload it).

The three guys worked tirelessly throughout the day to fit the contents of our 40ft container into our 20ft storage unit.   It was touch and go towards the end, but thankfully it all fitted (just).

Take a look at the photos below to see the container arriving and then getting offloaded (and compacted!)

 

Aug 25, 2011 - Uncategorized    No Comments

Tractor Shopping

Out of interest we made a stop at a second hand farm equipment workshop on the outskirts of the village.    In winter, we have a long (1000ft) driveway to clear of snow, and lots of land with thick grass and shrub to cut, so a Tractor would be really useful.

The further we walked into the tractor graveyard, the more scared Michelle became that we were about to be abducted!   However the further we walked, the bigger the tractors became, so Nick was in his element!

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