We are off and running again

Finally after two and a half months Im back on the road again, Friday 2nd August 2019 or as I like to call it day one.

This is just a short trip to blow the cobwebs off and to get used to the new caravan, as I have to be back at my brothers house by the first week of October to catch up with cousin Wendy who (at last) is coming to pay us a much overdue and welcomed visit.

Firstly lets get the housekeeping out of the way. A massive thank you goes to Vicky and Stu, a) for putting up with me since May, and b) for all the running around they did with me to get various bits of paperwork and documentation sorted out. Greatly appreciated and again thank you both very much.

So left Blaxland this morning at just after 0945 to head West to Bathurst. Not a long trip by any sort of measure about  135kms (80miles or so), after about an hour I pulled into a place called Hartley, which is just a collection of very old houses which date back to the early 19th century. But they do have a rather nice coffee shop situated in one of the buildings so it was an ideal opportunity to top up on caffeine and give the dogs a bit of stretch. Coming down into Hartley from Blackheath Mt Victoria area or the top of the Blue Mountains if you will, is quite a steep hill down, and getting used to a caravan with electric braking well lets just say when I got to Hartley I turned them up a notch or two on the controller. I kept getting the feeling that the caravan was trying to push me up the escape roads a couple of times. When I got down into Lithgow I had to turn them back down again as I laid down a wee bit of rubber when I braked a bit sharply at the first set of traffic lights. I think I have the hang of them now so touch wood should be ok from here on in.

Arrived in Bathurst after a very uneventful trip from Lithgow, but all around is very brown due to a complete lack of rain. Ive only seen one day with a few drizzles since I arrived Mid May, and looking at the paddocks out here its been even longer than that.

I was nowhere near my 11 minute record of setting up but I finally got there and managed to settle down to a decent cup of home brewed coffee which hit the spot. talking of coffee machines, I do hope Pat that you have figured out the new system you have and are managing to enjoy the benefits.

So that’s about it for now, just a very quick blog to let you all know that Im back up and running

As usual a couple of pictures to end with

Geoff