Nerves are beginning to rear up recently. The thought of having an empty shell, little time to fit the basics in order to survive, and getting things installed in the correct order etc...is quite daunting...HOWEVER....we're a family that performs well under pressure, so I've no doubt we'll get through it....blog will take off at that point with much to post. Until the shell is ready, there's not much to blog about, except to say we bought a 220V freezer for £60 at an auction....a small dishwasher on Ebay, and the stove from a forum member (still to arrive). Tomorrow we'll pick up a small 220V undercounter fridge from Argos. Since we only plan on doing any cruising next March, I'm fitting everything for 220V through an invertor or shore power plug. When we cruise, the freezer and dishwasher will be unused.