Note #17: Bristol arrival

I now live in Bristol. Our kiwi movers unloaded two lorry loads of my London life into our new house on Thursday, and we collected the remaining remnants of Rina’s past Bristol life from a storage container on Friday. Two more full days of deep cleaning and unpacking, and it almost feels like a home already. This is all very discombobulating. One of the main reasons I loved living in London was how experienced at it I was. I like being competent, and I was a proudly competent Londoner. Right now I am the least competent Bristolian I will ever be. I’ve already done parking and the bins wrong. We’re at the bottom of a years long hill-climb to get this house to how we want it. There will be dust. The cats are as discombobulated as I am. Immediately enjoying the high quality local independent businesses of Bristol. Bike Shack Leyton were very good, but TLD Cycles is even better based on one very efficient but exceptionally friendly puncture repair visit. I’m making heavy use of my Hermes…

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