Monday, 28 April 2008

australia...part eight and three quarters-ish of many....

26.4.08.
8.05AM...ITS RAINED ALL NIGHT...POURED CONTINUALLY.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.35AM...STILL IN BED DRINKING TEA.
9.05AM...ITS STARTING TO BRIGHTEN UP.
9.40AM...SHOWER.
10.10AM...BACON/EGG SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...WALKED INTO TOWN CENTRE.
11.55AM...SKIES DARKENING...NEAREST PUB!
12.05PM...SKIES HAVE OPENED.
12.50PM...SUPERMARKET/BOTTLE SHOP...TWO BOXES OF WINE...ONE RED...ONE WHITE.
1.40PM...DROPPED FOOD AND DRINK BACK AT VAN.
2.10PM...WHAT DO YOU DO ON A WET WEEKEND IN BRIDPORT?...THE SAME AS YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE SPENDING A WET WEEKEND IN BLACKPOOL!...IT WON'T HAVE THE SAME ATMOSPHERE AS AN ENGLISH PUB...THAT I CAN GUARANTEE...BUT IT'LL DO!
5.30PM...BACK AT CAMPSITE.
6.15PM...COOKING TEA IN LAUNDRETTE...THEY DON'T HAVE A CAMP KITCHEN HERE...SPUDS/MINCE/CARROTS/CAULI/TIN OF PEAS/ONION...GUESS IT'S A STEW!
7.30PM...BACK IN VAN.
9.00PM...ASLEEP...CONTENT.


27.4.08.
8.45AM...IT RAINED ALL NIGHT AGAIN...LEAST THE VAN IS GETTING WASHED.
9.05AM...KETTLE ON.
9.20AM...CUPPA TEA...NO HURRY...WE ARE MEANT TO BE OF SITE BY 10AM...BUT WOMAN RECEPTION SAYS NOT TO WORRY...OBVIOUSLY GOT THE HOTS FOR ME!...NOT.
9.45AM...SHOWER.
10.15AM...BREAKIE...BACON/EGG SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
10.40AM...STARTED VAN...AFTER ALL THAT RAIN SHE STARTS?...FICKLE OR WHAT...THATS WOMAN FOR YOU!
10.55AM...WE HAVE DECIDED TO HEAD FOR GEORGETOWN...WHY?...I DON'T KNOW!...THINK I'M TASSED OUT.
12.10PM...GEORGETOWN...EVERY TOWN IS STARTING TO LOOK THE SAME.
1.00PM...DRIVING ON TO LETROBE.
2.30PM...CAMPSITE LETROBE...BOOKED TO NIGHTS...ITS SMALL AND NEAT.
3.10PM...REHEATED LAST NIGHTS LEFTOVER STEW...WONDERFUL.
4.00PM...RICE PUDDING FROM A CAN...NEVER THE SAME AS WHAT MOTHER USED TO MAKE!
5.00PM...WALKED INTO CENTRE.
5.50PM...PUB.
6.20PM...THERE ARE SIX GUYS SITTING AT THE BAR...ITS VERY QUIET[REMEMBER THIS IS A PUB]...THEY ARE ALL GLUED TO A TV PROG CALLED GLADIATORS...GROWN MEN WATCHING RUBBISH WHILE SUPPING LAGER FROM HALF PINT MUGS...OZ AT TIMES IS...WELL...SOMETHING AIN'T QUITE RIGHT!


28.4.08.
8.55AM...ITS COLD...OZ IS MEANT TO BE HOT.
9.10AM...KETTLE ON.
9.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER/SHAVE.
10.30AM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA COFFEE.
11.20AM...WALKED INTO CENTRE OF TOWN.
11.40AM...NU AS MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE DOC...NEEDS TABLETS ON PERSCRIPTION.
12.10PM...IT'S A SHOP...BUT IT'S MORE LIKE A MUSEUM...IF YOU ARE EVER INLETROBE...YOU MUST COME SEE THE SHOP OF DOLLS...ITS ON THE MAIN STREET...ITS PACKED FULL...EVERY ROOM A DIFFERENT THEME...COULD BE SCARY!
2.30PM...CAFE...STEAK/CHIPS/SALAD...NU HAD FLAKE[SHARK FISH].
4.00PM...PUB...IT MUST BE HAT DAY...ALL THE MEN BAR ONE ARE WEARING HATS.
6.00PM...BACK AT VAN.
6.40PM...CHEESE/CUCUMBER SANDWICH...WHITE WINE.
7.00PM...ITS GONE VERY COLD.


TASSED OUT!


BYE FOR NOWZ.

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