Yesterday we drove to Halifax to pick up our elder son from the airport.

It rained for most of the day and was cold too. Quite a deppressing day for James to land.

Today however was completely different and turned out sunny and warm.

And our container arrived. AT LAST.

It should have docked on May 22, but it seemed that it sailed on a later ship and didn't dock till the May 29.

So today I had to go to Moncton to customs and excise to do the paperwork.

It was all very straightforward. They asked if we had any alcohol in the container, and also if we had any garden or farm tools.

I said that we had no alcohol and that any garden tools had been washed with a disinfectant.

They said that they were happy with that and our container was free to complete its journey to our new home.

The two lads who unloaded were very efficient and polite and after a couple of hours all our stuff  was in the house and all the furniture was unpacked.

We have loads of boxes to start unloading over the coming days and weeks.

Our carpenter made a start on the Ice cream hut. We have the base down and the framework for the sides made and ready to put up tomorrow.

Poor James only got off the plane yesterday evening and spent the day working.