Email this morning from my contact at three to say he’d posted the new mifi out yesterday and it should arrive today, followed by a phonecall to the post office who confirmed it had already arrived with them :). It’s the new mifi, faster and a bit sleeker than the one before and I can’t fault the service at all :). I’ll do a proper review over on the WW blog in the next couple of days but suffice to say I have been hugely impressed with both the mifi itself and the service from three 🙂
Davies had a bad dream in the night so ended up in my sleeping bag with me for about an hour until I felt far too squished (it *is* roomy and I *am* smaller than I used to be but it’s really not suitable for two!) so opened it out and we just snuggled underneath it rather than in it. We then heard the mouse scuttling about so laid there talking about that for a bit before finally getting to sleep about 2 hours after he’d come down from his bunk. As a result we let him sleep in to catch up and it was nearly 10am before we were all properly awake.
After breakfast the kids spent a couple of hours playing outside in the sunshine, building dams, making worlds and creating. They were very happy 🙂 Ady and I played cards, we so need to learn some new card games and a home made version of Shut The Box with a dice app on Ady’s phone and pen and paper. We’d had such a late breakfast we skipped lunch and headed off to Portree. Along the way we spotted a dead otter than Ady had seen yesterday so worked out where it was in order to stop on the way back for a closer look. A bit macabre maybe but interesting to be able to see one close up.
We parked up and went into the other estate agent in town, registered for their newsletter and collected particulars for a couple of properties including one which is empty and can be viewed by collecting the keys from the estate agents. It was getting late today so we’ve arranged to do that on Thursday and will go and have a good look round it then. It looks quite interesting . They didn’t really have anything else suitable at the moment but very reassuring to discover there are definitely things within our price range that would suit us. Link for the one we’re viewing tomorrow is here.
To the post office to collect the Mifi and then to the CoOp in search of food bargains. We were a bit early really for reductions but did get some chicken breasts for £1.35 which together with rice and spice we already have in the van and a pack of 10p potatoes from the other day made a delicious curry, rice and bombay potatoes for us all. We got some cheap bananas too.
Back at the van we noticed mouse droppings and some nibbling evidence on a packet of humbugs in Willow’s cab so it’s even gotten into the body of the van although we’re fairly sure that was through an open vent in the heater which we’ve now closed. Back at the campsite the kids went off to play again and Ady and I had a really good clear out, putting all packet food into a plastic box leaving only tinned food in the cupboards so it won’t have anything to attract it in to eat. We are incredibly clean in the van generally so it’s not finding food anywhere else. Ady sprayed everywhere with strong disinfectant which will hopefully deter it and we cleared out another load of clothes into the clothes bank across the road in the hotel carpark. We’ve got rid of two camping chairs that had seen better days anyway, fitted the awning underneath the sofa and lost one of the storage boxes so loads more room in the van generally and less stuff to shift about each morning and evening when arranging the bed. I went through my rucksack and my cupboard and got rid of more stuff too so it all felt very housekeeping-y and productive.
On the way back to the campsite we did stop and had a look at the otter – it was very big, a dog. We also saw a golden eagle really close to again. It’s been nice staying at the same spot for a few nights although tomorrow night will be our last night here for a while as we’re planning to do some more touring round the island after our viewing on Thursday, we’ve heard that some whales have been spotted recently from the tip of Skye so we’re planning to head that way and see what we can see.
We rang my parents and caught up with them this evening. They seem to be slowly but surely coming to terms with our plans, if rather bewildered by quite why we’d want to live here and exactly how loose and fluid our plans are for the coming months! Some gazing at the full moon and then storytime before bed. Hoping the mouse gives up and everyone has a decent nights sleep tonight.
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