Well, the big moment has finally arrived. Today I signed the contract of sale, albeit in Ilze’s absence. She was in Dublin on a jaunt, and the seller was on his way to Lyon, so we had to improvise and act quickly. The trouble we European jet-set have, you just won’t believe!

The contract stipulates that the sale is dependent upon a loan from Citibank, which should hopefully be a formality. If everything goes according to plan, actual ownership of the mill will be transferred to us within a week or two.

I’ve put some champagne on ice to celebrate this big step, although it’s only cheap sparkling wine in view of this not being the actual ownership yet. Ownership will certainly call for a glass or three of the good stuff being drunk in the mill itself, probably followed by me thundering off a ladder and breaking my neck. At least, now I have something in my will worth inheriting.

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