We have just returned from a walking holiday on the sleepy and tranquil island of Gozo. This small island lies north of Malta in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia.

As we walked and took in the beautiful scenery we had time to talk and share our common goals. It is perhaps unsurprising that we found much in common; we share a love of travel, a love of good food and wine, we take pleasure in country walks with our dog and we both find the process of crafting ceramic objects endlessly fascinating. I love photography and have always been interested in Bee-keeping whereas M loves keeping Chickens and Gardening.

With all this in mind, we both agreed that we should focus on the Future, Family, Fun, Food and Fitness. A good start would be to downsize from our over large 5 bedroom house to something more suitable for the two of us and our new border collie puppy Dot.

Sell our House, buy a smaller house with space for a pottery and workshop In the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and then Live a Long, Healthy and Happy Life in our new home filling our days with Long walks, Gardening, Cooking, Beekeeping and Pottery.

Easy! so to sell our house all we need to do is to declutter by sorting through all the stuff that two sentimental hoarders have collected over the last 21 years and then call an estate agent. How hard can that be?

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