Wednesday 16th June 2004 – We had finally packed up all our stuff (after several days of box construction and filling) and the removal firm ?? turned up at 9am to take the boxes to Bury St Edmunds for storage. We had a few extra bits and pieces to do so didn’t set off for Bury until well into the afternoon, by which time the removals guys had arrived in Bury and unloaded. Very strange to leave my home of the last 12 years for the last time. A lot of memories and emotions bound up in the place and I’ll miss Brixton and our friends there. Vic and I both shed a tear before leaving.

We had our customary mis-navigation heading across London, so didn’t arrive in Bury until early evening. All arrived safe and well, though the stack of boxes which greeted us in Bury was foreboding and proved difficult to dig through when preparing the van.