Finally worked out how to get the photos off the camera without the card reader - so here are the promised photos of moving day.
The packers were incredibly efficient, and had our entire house packed up and onto various vehicles for the air & sea shipments, and UK storage as well, all by 2pm.
It think the highlight was the 20' container being reversed down Grove Avenue, with centimetres spare on either side to the parked cars, particularly when is squeaked past Jof's BMW.
We have now been safely reunited with the air shipment in the US - Ruth is incredibly happy to see all her toys again and spent an entire morning singing "ee-i-ee-i-ooo" non-stop whilst walking up and down with Mr Doggy. The sea shipment is crossing the atlantic somewhere and we should see it towards the end of December.