Tuesday 13 October - The removal men arrived early and it was like a whirlwind of packing and moving. By lunch time they had packed most of the downstairs and made a start on the upstairs. I thought I'd be nice and leave out a kettle, mugs, tea and coffee to keep them supplied with hot drinks as they work away, but no sooner was my back turned and the whole lot had been wrapped in paper, thrown in a box and then put in the van!! Oh well, no drinks for them for the rest of the day. While we had used a German removals company the four men that arrived all spoke Russian, or something similar sounding. It definitely wasn't German or English. Once I worked this out I realised there was very little
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