Thanks everyone. Well the removal guys came and they made the whole process easier than I expected. One of the guys was ex-regular army and spotted a large picture of me in a leafy green suite and also my commissioning scroll so we hit it off straight away. He was ex-signals.
I felt quite lost if I am honest throughout the stripping of what was home. The memory of where home is I am afraid is stuck at the moment, as I keep on thinking 'its time to go home' followed by a natural urge to get in the car and drive there. This is going to take some getting use to after all that has gone before. Anyway tonight I am sat in the front room, the broadband is not yet up and runnning, but BT kindly sent me a mini hub and its actually working really well....so far! I am surrounded by umpteen boxes and furniture that doesn't quite fit but in time it will all work out, that I am sure. Back to civilisation after living in the middle of nowhere, that too will take some getting use to.
Farewell home, and farewell all that was left of an era.