Week 09, 2026
What a blur. We moved house to get closer to schools. We lasted exactly 13 months in the previous place. It was in an out-of-the-way village which was a bit too far out of the way. A real one-horse village, quite literally. I could hear it neigh on the odd occasion in the early hours.
The move was swift. Five guys, two Luton vans and we were done in less than three hours. They were rewarded with a nice tip! That was Thursday. Prior to that we were packing and stacking and since then, we’ve been unpacking and trying to settle in. Now it’s Sunday morning and I actually have time to sit down for 10 minutes and type something here.
The new place is nice. The move was back into town with some hustle and bustle around. There are shops within walking distance. Imagine that! I was saddened by the fact that I couldn’t move my broadband provider with us. The speed they offer at the new place is nowhere near what I was getting. I was with Sky and on their 1GB package (in the village, imagine that!). In town, they could only go up to 65MB. I can’t explain that one and neither could they. As I was on a two-year contract, they kindly waived the early termination charges and shut me down for free. I love Sky broadband and have never had a single issue with them. Would I recommend them to a friend? Oh, yes!
The new place is in a neighbourhood which does get Virgin Media 1GB broadband, and we have signed up with them. I have used Virgin before and when they work, they work very well. Heck, they got me through the Covid years, albeit with numerous outages because their infrastructure was not prepared at the time to deal with the entire country working from home. From what I’ve heard though, they’ve upped their game, so fingers crossed. The cable guy comes on Wednesday to connect us up and until then, it’s 5G phone tethering for me. Thankfully the 5G signal is 4 out of 5 bars which makes the next few days survivable.
Moving house allowed me time to think. I wasn’t tethered to my desktop or laptop much over the past week. Perspectives change when one has time to “weigh up” every thought, every intention, without a technological distraction to pull your mind off things. A switch-off and a reset was much needed. I would recommend that too to a friend.