Another chapter comes to an end

This is our last weekend in Winchester. On the 7th, we will be signing the contract and handing over our deposit and first month's rent for our new flat in Bournemouth. Then we'll move all our crap down there on the 8th, spend our first night in the apartment before coming back to Winchester the next day to get our old flat ready to be handed over to the estate agent, Pearsons. We still don't know if they have found any new tenants to take over after we leave. They are just atrocious. They haven't even advertised the place. No ads in the paper, on their website, or in their office window. I've called them on twice to ask about it, but the person who I need to speak to is never there and never calls back. It's really frustrating. Anyway... I digress.

We haven't done much packing yet. That's one of the things we will busy ourselves with this weekend. Filched a heapful of boxes from Tesco last night while we were grocery shopping. We'll try to get as much packing done as possible between watching the England v. Portugal football match today and going to my former boss's house for lunch on Sunday (to go over the details for our house/horse-sitting task later in the month). Lots to get done!

It will be nice to move down to Bournemouth and be closer to work, but we're definitely going to miss Winchester. It's such a beautiful, quaint little town. So cozy and comfortable. Trying not to think about that too much, though. Bournemouth will be nice, too. Just in a completely different way.

Without further ado, a few pictures of summertime Winchester: