Patience is a virtue

The Olympic torch on its way to Weymouth (Facebook link)

Patience is a virtue, is it? Well, after the news on Tuesday I haven't been feeling at all virtuous. Apparently our buyer's buyer hadn't received their mortgage offer yet. Yesterday, though, we received a call from our estate agent with better news that was confirmed by our solicitor this morning: The mortgage offer had indeed been received; they'd only been waiting for written confirmation. Phew! We're off shortly to sign the Land Registry transfer deed ahead of exchange next Wednesday. This does mean, of course, that our planned completion date has been put back a week but we should, fingers crossed, still be in Weymouth just before the Olympics get underway.

That said, it's a strange feeling having had three leaving dos already with another one this Sunday, to remain here for week longer than anticipated. It doesn't feel right.

At the time of writing this it's not raining. If you're reading this in a year or more's time you might wonder why I should say that as 'not raining' isn't unusual for July. But April to June this year has been the wettest second quarter in the UK since records began in 1910 and half way through July the trend continues, or even worsens. The Olympic torch arrived in Weymouth yesterday and, quoting from the BBC torch relay page for 12th July "18:24 This is Peter Bryer who takes it in his stride as he battles the wind and rain. 18:40 The flame is now due to board a boat and go to Weymouth Beach. Katrina Hughes is the torchbearer here and is holding up despite the weather."