Setting up static

As this is the state of the kitchen:

and this is the kitchen sink:

We're now having to wash up in the bath:

Good job there's still running water then! Yes, but not for long.... 

We decided it might be time to consider some temporary accommodation. So, we spent a few days looking for a short term rental but no one would take us with the cats

SAD :( FACE

The one place that would had an infestation of fleas!? And as we really need to be down here more permanently now, that means moving the furry ones. So after much discussion, the only option is to find ourselves a static caravan. It does seem silly, there being so much space in the house, but with most of it unusable, covered in dust and us being in it is actually causing more problems, it would be good to have somewhere that is clean and that we can retreat to at the end of the day.

Looking around the site there is the ideal spot in the old pig sty:

It has hard standing, is facing away from the building site, 

but the only problem might be shifting it over the wall:

Perhaps we could just park it in the field - not a bad view to wake up to in the morning!

And without knowing it, we'd already put in provisions for electrics and water:

The septic tank is nearby too, so ideal really!

We visited a few places to have a look at what was on offer - SurfBay Leisure in Brean and Winkleigh plus Strand Leisure, an independent, in Burlescombe. It all came down to speed of delivery really. Both offered delivery as part of the sale, but with Surf Bay having a 4 week lead time and Strand Leisure able to deliver *NEXT WEEK* guess who we went for!? Simon from Strand Leisure came to visit the site to check that it would be able to be delivered, it could, so we went back again to choose our new temporary home, and here, er, she? is:

I found an excellent resume of what we have lying ahead, and you never know, this could become another renovation project later down the line....