Yes, we are still transporting stuff to store and sorting through it in parallel. It’s one of those tasks that would take months to complete and we don’t have months, only days.

Kennedy’s

On Friday, Tigger was working the late shift and reached home only after Safestore closed, meaning that we could not access our lock-up. Instead, we thought we were due a treat. I met Tigger at Kennedy’s in Goswell Road where we dined on chips and deep-fried halloumi

This morning, we did a lot of work at home, mainly aimed at clearing a path to each of our power points, ready for the electricity inspection on Tuesday.

Cafe Sizzles

We went to Cafe Sizzles for brunch. A surprise awaited us: without asking us what we wanted, they brought us a cup of tea each, mine without milk. This was their way of showing they remembered us and what we order!

Fruit and vegetable stall, Chapel Market

After brunch, we walked through Chapel Market taking two loads of stuff to Oxfam. This included Freya’s carrying cage, her food dishes and other items. I had held on to them all this time but today felt that I can finally part from them.

The Angel Crossroads
Photo by Tigger

On the way to Oxfam, Tigger took this photo looking back along the High Street.

Using the corridor

We returned home and collected some more stuff to donate and took this to Fara. We then went to Safestore where Tigger started reorganising our lock-up. She knew what she was doing; I didn’t; so I let her get on with it, helping when asked to do so.

The result
Photo by Tigger

When Tigger had finished, our store looked like this. Tigger pronounced herself satisfied with this though I could barely see the difference.

Amwell Street

We then trundled our empty trolley along Amwell Street where we picked up coffee and a little something else from Myddelton’s deli.

Coffee and Victoria sponge

At home, we enjoyed our purchases, coffee and Victoria sponge.

Tigger then prepared a large trunk full of stuff to take to the store. We had to borrow a trolley from the store to transport it. It was quite a story pushing this thing through the streets and unfortunately I didn’t manage to get a photo.

At the store, we repeated the process of moving things out into the corridor to make space for the trunk and then packing them back in again. This was the final result:

The final state

We returned home for a deserved rest and I think that’s it for today. We have two more days before the electricity inspection which has motivated this activity. Will we get it all done in time?