Change of address!

You would think that by 2014 addresses would be fairly well laid down. But you'd be wrong to think that - and we are a case in point. The 'official' address that goes with our postcode is The Village - which takes in all of the village street except the little bit north of our road which is North Lane. However, our road is clearly signposted Rectory Hill so it's fairly clear that we are not The Village. Our council tax bill arrived addressed to us in Old Rectory Lane which is what Test Valley had down as the road name, even though they are the people who put up the sign saying Rectory Hill. I know we're in the middle of nowhere, but I didn't think it was terra so incognita! So Alan spoke to the council and the Royal Mail and eventually they concluded that we do live on Rectory Hill and that they would change the official address. We were most amused then to receive a note from them saying they were about to do this but it would require a postcode change and was that ok? So now we have our very own personal postcode - feeling a bit like royalty here! - and we can finally send you all change of address details.