Well, did you buy a house?

Bloody fireworks! Why don’t people or groups get together and have joint displays? Instead for over a week, there’s not been a hour without bangs and whizzes and the dog’s nerves are all but shattered and to be honest, some of them have been so loud and deep (like explosions!) that my nerves are in bits as well... no, I’m not anti-fireworks but people don’t have a clue about how badly they affect animals.

Yesterday I drove over 500 miles and my partner did about 130. We felt the car was attached to our arse by the end of it. We got home at about 2am, exhausted and a bit delirious only to be greeted by our neighbours coming in from a night out, one of whom had been punched by a 14 year old Goth on a train which had cut him above the eye. Very surreal. Then the police turned up...

Shall I cut to the chase? Have we bought a house? Not yet... We’re giving ourselves a couple of days to weigh up the pros and cons. We saw two, one in Cornwall and one in Devon. The Devon one was completely unsuitable, but the Cornwall one ticked a lot of boxes... so watch this space...

We watched the sun set over Bude beach with the dog discovering he loves beaches! Then we went for dinner and headed home.

We've been so tired today, we only got out of bed a couple of hours ago!