New tea boy in town

Today is a strange day and a strange blog post for me. Life has been chaotic and disconcerting for my family for the last four weeks for a fairly monumental reason. My wife and I have both resigned from our jobs, we have sold our house and are currently living out of the back of a large estate car. Couple this with the fact we have a 1 year old son and most people would be scratching their heads and wondering if we lived in one of the many conflict zones around the world. Thankfully, the reason is a much happier, though still nervous and exciting one. We have given up two succesful careers in London for me to come and work for Webtogs.

Lots of emotions and thoughts have been discussed before we decided to make this move. On the caution side we both had good jobs, at Northern Trust for me and English Partnerships for Cath. I was also concerned about working with such a good friend as James as my friendship with him is worth a great deal to me and I didn’t want this affected. There was also the fact that Cath would be giving up her job to become a full time Mum. All these concerns however have been outweighed by the positives. First and foremost, Webtogs has grown in the short time it has been live to be an extremely successful business. For me personally I get to combine my passion for hill walking as my job which is just the nuts. I also get to work in a completely differernt environment to the corporate life I have become accustomed to and I am looking forward to a working style that is miles away from the suits I used to wear. Finally, we get to live in some beautiful countryside and our son gets to grow up in Dorset instead of SE London.

So here we are. Moving from friends house to friends house, saying goodbye to people we love in London and on the cusp of a new adventure with Webtogs. I’m nervous but do you know what? I just can’t wait to be a part of this business!!!