St Mary's Street

 We moved into our flat at 10B St Mary's Street on 20 March. Since then, we've managed to gather the accoutrements required for a basic but comfortable life. The flat is above a shop pretty much in the centre of town. It consists of a bedroom, a good size but not huge, a living room, again big enough but not huge, a kitchen, adequate size but not ideal for two people at once, and a bathroom.

St Mary's street is a little pedestrian only street, just off the town square. It's still a novelty to step outside the building front door and be in the centre of Wallingford. The Waitrose supermarket is two minutes' walk away and there is a farmer's market in the town square every friday. The town square is home to the bus stops as well.  

We slept on an air mattress for the first couple of nights, which demonstrated for us the urgent requirement for a comfortable bed. Which we procured from Ikea with the help of our generous Wallingford friends.

We also managed to get a sofa bed from the local freecycle, which means we can host guests and watch the television with a degree of comfort. We also picked up an Ikea lounge chair which is comfortable and also slightly rocking chair ish.

So this place is beginning to feel like a home. It's small, ridiculously so after our house in Woodend, especially the kitchen. It has a few rough edges which we hope our landlord can sort out. He isn't nearly as generous, forthcoming or considerate a landlord as we are back in Australia, but he eventually seems to get things done.

It's working out, living in the middle of Wallingford. It's good to be so close to everything -- we often just pop across to the supermarket to pick up things as we need them, very useful facility given that we only have a micro-fridge. Also it's good being so close to the bus stops.