... sadly must come to an end! I have been blissing out in FauxSurreyHeaven for the past 2 weeks. I have been hanging out in the garden come rain or shine (even doing a heap of gardening!) I have been working with all doors & windows wide open (successfully ploughing through ridiculous amounts of work) and I have been revelling in, truly enjoying utter silence even on beautiful warm sunny days.Why? Both sets of immediate neighbours have been away on their annual summer holidays BUT both come back this weekend. To be honest one side I barely know if they are there unless they do something unusual like the odd birthday or drinks party in the garden, whereas the other side I am never ever in any doubt if they are home as they are the pool people. The go to location for all their friends with small loud children when the sun peeks out and the temperature rises. To be fair to all I know I am a freak when it comes to noise - I hear everything - and none of my neighbours are in any real sense nuisance neighbours; in fact they are all lovely! I simply crave complete silence which is impossible & impractical in a family filled suburb.
I haven't looked at the weather once other than to check if I need to go water said neighbours plants but now I am staring at the met site smiling inwardly at an 80% chance of heavy rain tomorrow. The weekend weather looks good however. Cool-ish for August but good. Oh dear.... Oh dear. 
Normal service will no doubt be resumed very soon. Hey it was unbelievably good whilst it lasted and has made me even more determined that when we do the retire move it will be to somewhere with NO near neighbours! In fact FSHubby & I are heading off to "the silence" v soon. This years holiday property (don't laugh!) is in the proper middle of nowhere; the holiday company says a 4 x 4 is essential. Well lucky that we have one!
