Waking up every morning to the view of the Annapolis basin and the town beyond brought a peace with it that seeped through to the very marrow of our travel weary bones, life at the Lilly Pad had quickly fallen into a sedate rhythm of dog walking, waving across the fence to our next-door neighbours who had three lovely puppers and house hunting which was now priority number one. House hunting was proving to be far more difficult than we had anticipated, naturally Covid had impacted the property market here with prices doubling over the past 18 months and whilst there were far more houses available on the market in…