Background

Life’s too short……………

What’s the point sitting at your desk in a job going nowhere in a Brexit-deranged country covered with a ubiquitous cloud?

“None” was my answer, especially when you have a holiday home in the sun -soaked Eastern Algarve town of Cabanas De Tavira that has a few years worth of work that needs doing to it. So the wheels were set in motion. First task : convince the missus (forever to be known as “The Boss” on this site) that quitting a job and moving 1000 miles was a good idea, especially when she didn’t have the same feelings about her employment as I did.

Second task : Find someone brave enough to buy a London house when the market is as depressed as it is – not quite as easy as task one……..

So, once both of those were sorted then it was just a matter of handing in the resignation letters and sorting the logistics. Next stop Gatwick Airport………