It's looking promising!

Every year that we've been on Kantara we've returned to our house and family around Christmas time. And every time we've returned, we've needed to do it in two trips, simply because there have been things we've forgotten to bring back, or because there's too much stuff to get in the car in one load. This year was no exception, and we've just come back from that trip, 2019-style.

We're very glad we did go back, though. Steve and Karolina had found a house they were very interested in, and they asked us to join them on their second viewing, to give them our opinions. And we agreed with them. It's a good house in a nice area, at a sensible price. It needs work, but the two of them are perfectly capable and happy to do almost all of that. It has potential for extension, it has good-sized rear and front gardens, and parking space for two cars. We gave them the thumbs-up, they talked a lot together, slept on it for a couple of nights, then put in an offer. It was accepted today!

Meanwhile, Jess was enjoying four days exploring Bruges with a friend,

(Jess's photos)

 

and we were looking out of the window at gale-force winds, rain, hail, sleet and snow, and wondering if cruising would ever again be possible. Not even the hardiest of my contacts on social media were being brave/foolhardy enough to venture out. When the weather deigned to give us a break for one afternoon, we went to our wonderful local retro cinema to see Green Book, a fabulous film.

Back on board Kantara now, we're experiencing rather better weather and are actually daring to think about a cruise. It's looking promising!