Ten long days

Newton's Cove, Nothe Fort, Weymouth Harbour

Thank goodness for our lovely Queen’s Diamond Jubilee! There was so much to see and do over that very long weekend that in the end the last few days before our vendor’s solicitor was back in his office flew by. And, of course, our offer was accepted! Yay! Well, we had offered the asking price.

Next – straight on the phone to our solicitor to get the ball rolling on the legal procedures and to our estate agent so he could tell our buyer. Then more waiting, of course. We booked in another visit to our ‘new’ home and went down to Weymouth for the day on Saturday 9th June to have a more thorough look around. Fortunately it was pretty much as remembered and I took some video on my little Canon Powershot as I walked through the rooms.

We got to Weymouth quite early and had coffee in the Café Oasis on the beach at Overcombe at the north-east end of Weymouth Bay. I think we'll be back for a longer visit; the menu looks delicious and they have live music in the evenings. Lunch was delicious fish and chips in the Old Harbour Fish Bar (currently listed 19 out of 106 restaurants in Weymouth on Tripadvisor) near the harbour. Of note is that it offers gluten-free food with, presumably, wheat-free batter. It looks like it had been all spruced up recently, probably in anticipation of the influx of visitors for the Olympics as it is in a prime spot. Fish and chips. We will definitely have to watch out here! Lots of fish is great, but lots of chips? Hm. Later, we walked down to Newton’s Cove which is between Portland and Weymouth Harbours and had a coffee at a little café looking over the cove before walking around the peninsula that includes the Nothe Gardens and Nothe Fort. It was lovely. Can’t wait to get moved here! We just need everything relating to our chain of three properties to go smoothly.