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Sunday, 14 January 2018

Daylesford Summer Dispatch - Sunday, 14th January 2018

 


The Food Gallery is renovating upstairs so the Breakfast Group is looking elsewhere for somewhere to meet each Sunday. Last week, we tried Boathouse Daylesford, which is such a beautiful spot. Everyone enjoyed it, but it is a little dearer than most other options, so it won’t suit all of us as a regular venue. This morning we are off to The Good Food Store, which is another popular place with locals.


Here we are at Boathouse – Margot, Karen & Judi tucking into our yummy meals

We arrived back from breakfast in time to watch the start of the day’s cricket & see the Marsh brothers create history as they reached their centuries together. This will be memorable for many reasons, not least that they had a hug in the middle of their second run & no doubt heard their Captain, Steve Smith screaming at them to get back behind their creases before celebrating! Sydney suffered the sort of temperatures & worse that we had experienced the day before & the cricketers on both sides must have been exhausted when that day on the field finally finished.

Like lots of people, we received fewer & less expensive Christmas cards this year than before, and 15 of ours arrived well after Christmas Day. Anything posted after 20th December appeared to have no chance of getting to Daylesford on time. I realise the expense deters many, some friends were away over Christmas & didn’t want cards accumulating & others just found it too much as age &/or ill health catches up with them. I read all our Christmas cards three times – the first is a quick glance when they arrive; the second is after Christmas when I have time to make all the changes of address & contact numbers, & thirdly, I read them again in mid-January when I am relaxed & able to absorb everyone’s news.

We are slowly getting back into routine. Wes has shown a couple of films at the pop-up spot of Victoria Park for Daylesford Cinema. I hope to see Paddington 2 at some point, not so sure about Ferdinand & Wonder, which are the other films on offer at present.


Gym started this week & during January, Barry has classes on Tuesdays & Thursdays only. There were 17 at the first 8am class, so Barry is offering 6.45am for the remainder of the month. 6 of us turned up at that time on Thursday & it was perfect – you get home at breakfast time & have the rest of the day ahead of you. I was pleased to discover that with all my walking recently I hadn’t lost much conditioning at all.

We have decided to make special efforts to catch up with friends this year – it’s one of those promises you make every New Year and don’t keep, but we have started well. On Tuesday night, local friends, Gail & Terry White arrived for drinks & nibbles & we spent a very pleasant time sitting on the decking catching up on each other’s news.


Lovely photo of Gail & Wes chatting – Gail provided the huge plate of spicy cheese bites you can see

We both had big days on Wednesday – Judi & I went to Bendigo to see the Edith Head exhibition at the Art Gallery there. I knew nothing of Edith before I went, except that she was a celebrated costume designer & came away in awe of her talent. She won 8 Oscars, which is a tribute to her skill. We both loved the exhibition & enjoyed sitting outside for lunch afterwards.

Meanwhile, Wes went with Barbara to Ballarat as she needed to get two wheelchairs mended, as well as obtain a certificate in order to re-register her car. They fitted in the 10.30am session of the film, Breathe, which we had seen the week before and ended up at the Guildford General Store for a late lunch. That night, he was at the projector showing Ferdinand to a small but appreciative audience.


Kookaburra spotted on one of my walks this week

On Thursday, we met old friends, Chris & Christine Tyrrell for lunch at the Riddells Creek Hotel. Christine & I were at school together & it is probably 25 years since we have seen each other, although we have kept in touch via Christmas cards & letters. We had a lovely time together & were most impressed with the pub, which served good food at very reasonable prices.
   


After early morning shopping at Coles on Friday, I joined the Bushwalking Group & did the Short Walk from Victoria Park to Lake Daylesford. There were 17 of us, which is quite large, but very manageable. The U3A has taken the Bushwalking Group under its umbrella, which is a natural fit & we can expect more members as the year progresses.


Yesterday Wes worked in the front garden and I did a few chores before settling down to The Age & the crosswords page. We received an unexpected & very welcome visit from old friends, Bill & Sue Longley, who I first met in 2000, when I joined the Bushwalking Group, U3A & the Information Centre. They regularly borrow books from us & came to return some & collect more, as well as enjoy coffee & cake (good thing I had made a boiled fruit cake on Friday afternoon!)

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