Dear Friends, we are back home in Daylesford
and very happy to be here and recovering from our jetlag. Our flights home were
all good, including the first leg on a brand-new A380 with completely individual
seats and a cocktail bar. We tried very hard to get some sleep on all three
legs, but it is always fitful and not particularly refreshing, so arrived back
at Melbourne feeling keen to catch up on sleep. We breezed through customs and
immigration, waited one minute for Andrew’s Car-parking to pick us up and our
car was sitting waiting for us ready to go.
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Home
of the Hidden People in Bunir, Iceland
Wes drove home and we enjoyed the
Australian winter scene. One good thing about being away at this time of year
is that the garden is not overgrown and the lawn doesn’t need an immediate mow.
We were home by 9.30am, had long hot showers, warmed up the house and started
to unpack. Before long the washing was in the machine, cups of tea on the
bedside tables, The Age was unwrapped
and sleep beckoned.
We have been prisoners of jetlag, but as
the cricket is on overnight, and as the Aussies are finally playing better, it
has been good to watch them. I wasn’t much chop the first three days and spent
them catching up on washing, ironing & paperwork. Wes visited Barbara who
had missed his care and companionship while we were away and he caught up on
all her news.
Wes collected the boys on Thursday morning
after taking his phone back to be mended and after an initial shyness, both
Bilbo and Frodo are delighted to be back home and warm and comfortable.
On Friday the rain poured down and Wes
dropped me at EKO where I was booked in for an overdue facial etc. It was
lovely to see Emma again and good to discover that her business is going so
well as she and Ange really deserve to succeed.
Sign
in the Museum in Oban, Scotland
Yesterday the fog didn’t lift until 5pm and
we barely ventured out of the house. I had hoped to pump water at Leitches
Creek, but decided it was too dangerous to drive those few kms, especially as
so many cars were driving without headlights or fog-lights. Judi dropped in
during the morning to catch up on our stories and to let us give her a bottle
of Champagne to thank her for everything she had done while we were away.
Barbara had bought tickets for her and Wes
to go to see Carlton last night, but when the weather was so awful I hoped they
would cancel. Neither wanted to let the other down, but once Wes woke from his
afternoon sleep and saw the heavy rain at the MCG he decided it would be
madness to drive in such awful weather, even though their game would be under
the roof at Docklands. So he watched the game over at Barbara’s instead.
Meanwhile I was feeling very tired and went
to sleep at 6pm. I woke briefly at 8.30pm, told myself to go back to sleep and
didn’t wake properly until 5am this morning. I am hopeful that the worst of my
jetlag is now over and that the Aussies can win this Test without my seeing
their every ball.
Scottish
Mist – very similar to Daylesford Fog
We were a small group at breakfast – Judi,
Aileen, us and Barbara, but we had some good chats and enjoyed yummy food together.
Now I am preparing to drive to Melbourne to go to the Collingwood vs Essendon
match at the MCG with Danny. I am staying overnight with him and will get my
first look at his wonderful renovations.
We are getting back into the swing of
things slowly but surely and hope to catch up with friends over the next few
weeks. Wes and I are going to gym this week, playing golf if the weather is
kind and hoping to make our first appearance to see a film at The Rex Theatre.
Rare
photo of our mate, Terry McDonald wearing a jacket and tie, at Lord’s, with
Mike Gatting under his wing!
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