Friday, April 24, 2009

Just catching up with UK life

Well now, we have been home for just over five weeks and getting back in to UK life.
Needless to say the Government and Economy is in a complete and utter mess and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is running around like a headless chicken with not a clue how he allowed the fall and also how to correct it.
Tax for the higher paid has now reached 63.8%, so I suppose I am lucky to be retired.
On a brighter note, the Caravan has been serviced and they found some minor damp due to a manufacturing fault and this should be fixed later this year. We are planning a walk along the Thames Path with some friends in early May and will all stay in the caravan near Burford, Oxfordshire.
Very good news is that our daughter Joanne will remarry in November this year to a nice chap called Tim.
We hope to be in France with the van in June and July, if we have any money left, and then visit friends in Spain perhaps in mid August, lets see how it pans out.
The weather has been mixed for the last month but currently is nice but no doubt it will change soon.
Finally, the most important thing is that the house is now complete apart from some very minor bits and pieces but we still have some work to do in the garden.