Update From Me...

[AgentPete]

Just to bring everyone up to speed with our move (the physical one, the Colony will be moving servers quite soon too).

The mini-move happens tomorrow when I go from Baker St to Warminster in a Luton van with various bits of stuff, most notably about 30 fish. Then the main move starts next Tuesday when two trucks turn up here and move everything else.

We won’t really be settled in for a couple of weeks at least, the biggest (as yet unresolved) challenge being internet access. I went down there last week to let an Openreach engineer in to install one line, but it’s not yet functional since Openreach are on strike (who isn't?). When I get the chance to test it, I suspect it’s not going to be fast enough, so I’ve pre-emptively ordered a second line with the intention of bonding them both together. This is all new tech to me, fingers crossed that it will work OK.

Pop-Ups on October 23rd is definitely cancelled. For the moment, everything else (Huddles, subsequent Pop-Ups) are provisionally confirmed, providing I can get decent access installed in a timely manner.

So now you know as much as I do

I’m focusing 100% on the move now, but will be popping in here at least once a day.

p.

 

[Emily]

We are all rooting for the most peaceful, easiest move for you both and the fish! And that Warminster brings the most exciting possibilities and happiness xx

 

[Pamela Jo]

Moving thirty fish sounds more fraught than a mere 8 mustangs. Sending prayers for steady oxygen and no potholes. I take it you have no cats?

 

[AgentPete]

No cats
All the fish will have their own bags. It's not oxygen that's the problem, its CO2 buildup. But with a fairly short journey, <3 hrs, it ought not to be a problem. Packing extra courgettes, they're vegan fish and love 'em!

 

[Hannah F]

And your old home will say, "So long and thanks for all the fish."

 

[Barbara]

All the fish will have their own bags.

Oh, that is too cute. But with 30 (did you say 30?) fish ....

Will you and Peggy be sitting on the coach with bags of fish on your laps? If so, you could officially say you're fish sitting.

Good luck with the move.

 

[MattScho]

No cats
All the fish will have their own bags. It's not oxygen that's the problem, its CO2 buildup. But with a fairly short journey, <3 hrs, it ought not to be a problem. Packing extra courgettes, they're vegan fish and love 'em!

You know, if instead of plastic bags you had 30 water filled plastic balls, the fish could roll to Warminster on their own. That would fit nicely with the UFO-lore

 

[Robinne Weiss]

You know, if instead of plastic bags you had 30 water filled plastic balls, the fish could roll to Warminster on their own. That would fit nicely with the UFO-lore

Imagine coming across an army of fish, rolling along the road in little Zorbs. LOL! (And in case the Zorb hasn't escaped from Aotearoa New Zealand yet, check them out here)

 

[Dorm Ant]

I suspect it’s not going to be fast enough, so I’ve pre-emptively ordered a second line with the intention of bonding them both together. This is all new tech to me,

I have never heard of that as an option for boosting bandwidth. Can you explain?

 

[Dorm Ant]

All the fish will have their own bags.

Ickle fish suitcases, with waterproof name tags? Too cute...

 

[AliG]

Good luck for tomorrow. Hope it all goes well.

 

[Eva Ulian]

Two trucks! Are you moving the furniture too- Cookers, fridges, beds....

 

[Hannah F]

Two trucks! Are you moving the furniture too- Cookers, fridges, beds....

Fridges? Cookers? Who needs more than one?

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Good luck with the move today, Pete.
And thinking about your last experience, how lucky were those Ethiopians - considering that the day their radiator bust, was the day they were transporting a bloke carrying his body weight in water!

 

[Hannah F]

Just think how wonderful it'll be when those trucks get there, boxes unloaded, and you have everything in your new home. Ok, you won't know where anything is, but you'll have your fish in their tank and a bottle of red wine to share with Peggy. And if you can't find the wine glasses, you can drink from the bottle.

 

[Dorm Ant]

And if you can't find the wine glasses, you can drink from the bottle.

Hannah got no class.

 

[Pamela Jo]

Best of luck. I wish I could have suggested you get the smaller boxes for the books. The ones I saw in the background are going to be very heavy. Arnica for sore muscles. Best go with scotch for after. You can drink it out of toothpaste glasses. And then there's all that branch water to go with.

 

[Andy D]

Hope you and the fish (and the Mrs) are ok Pete X

 

[James Charles]

Hope you and the fish (and the Mrs) are ok Pete X

Oh no. The order of those words. The fish then the wife?

 

[Andy D]

Oh no. The order of those words. The fish then the wife?

I think you've just deconstructed my - ahem - joke! I feel like a flambéed upside down apple crumble and custard at a fancy restaurant

 

[Emily]

like a flambéed upside down - vegan - apple crumble and custard at a fancy restaurant

 

[Dorm Ant]

It's too early in the morning for crumble and custard. (Or too late at night, if you're in Aus/NZ.)

 

[Andy D]

It's too early in the morning for crumble and custard. (Or too late at night, if you're in Aus/NZ.)

Come on RG, it's never that early / late

 

[Andy D]

So do we know if Peggy, the fish, the mountain of books, oh, and Peter, arrived safe?