Since landing in Llanfyllin (make the sound of dentures dropping down from your top jaw and clacking when you say the double ll), we've bought a couple of second hand items advertised for free or cheap, and it has opened up doors, conversations and sharing a cuppa with many new people. What a great way to get to know the locals.
Here's Dale squeezed into our car with a king size bed and frame compressed in with us ...
It was a mission to get it all in in one trip, and then of course, quite difficult to get it out again. We used the straps from our hand luggage, clasped together, to hold the mattress in a compact enough bundle to handle. This is the way to have fun, and feel young: working through challenges.
The bed has turned out to be a great buy
We bought a desk from a couple who offered to deliver it to our door, and they ended up carrying it inside. Then they said they also had a couch if we wanted it, since in his words, the house needed a little more "zhuzh." Okay we said, since we have no real lounge chairs. They offered to go back and fetch it (his partner had bought it for his dog, but the dog never took to it, so it was time to let it go) - it turned out to be a sick, almost mustard yellow (okay, we could live with it until we have something better and then toss it) - and then before leaving, they mentioned that they had it for sale at £100. Oh no, we'd thought it was a freebie, but we were in too deep to back out at this point, so offered them £70 (also too much, but oh well!). We thought we'd 'hide' it as a mudroom bench for helping us remove shoes comfortably, but its place was usurped a few days later by the purchase of a second hand freezer, so for now, it's useful in the conservatory.
It's all part of the adventure!
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