Yesterday we had almost the whole house sorted into areas of : what was to be shipped; what was going to fly with us; what was going to the Scouts or St Richard's with St Andrew's for the car boot; and what was needed for the last week and then junked. When the packers arrived it was more organised than I am usually. Everything to be shipped was packed in boxes by the packers and mostly placed in the living room or our girls bed room. Even the two single beds were wrapped leaving the mattresses out overnight. After they left we played guess what is in this white package. Today the packers arrived early and packed the rest of the beds and the bikes. All 132 items got stickers on them and then everyone waited for the container to arrive. At about 11.30 it almost arrived, they discovered they could not drive, two 2ft containers and the lorry cab, down from the Duke's Avenue end. Only one container was ours. Then they drove via Broughton into Lock and so after about five or ten minutes it somehow (past all the parked cars) managed to park outside our house (the ally-way, the neighbours and their neighbours houses). It was all packed and had left by the time we got back from tumble tots just after 2pm.

See Moving to Canada and http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37957&l=359eb&id=573408733 for photos.