Well the trains certainly didn't worry me last night. I had a lovely sleep but some of the riders mentioned the noise from the trains kept them awake at times. I heard nothing once I was asleep. Bliss.
We got away at about 8 am (the riders anyway), the crew left about an hour later. In the mornings the crew has to prepare the morning tea with filling 4 thermos with boiling water- Robbo helps with this job. If there is any food that needs preparing for morning tea, I do that in the morning. We fill the water tank on the car and water tanks on the side of the trailer. Next we load up the food boxes and eskis and then finally all the luggage. Fitting everything into the van and trailer is like a new jigsaw every morning. The size of the bags keep changing and trying to direct the helpers as to where the bags need to go is very frustrating at times.
Today has been a beautiful riding day. Very little wind and the temperature sitting around 27 C. The scenery was lovely and a couple of them discovered a hidden lookout (that would be Peter, Fliss & Robbo). We crossed the Murray River today so that is goodbye to Victoria for this leg and we won't see it for at least another 4 months if all goes well. Everyone in camp by 3 pm and settled in for the afternoon. Riders are getting used to the routine of setting up camp pretty quickly. Everyone is having little nanny naps or catching up on emails and personal blogs.
No camp kitchen at this caravan park so it looks like dinner out tonight or a salad if that suits some of them. I just suggested to Collis we have a salad and he jumped at the idea (then it won't cost us anything for dinner as we already have all the ingredients).
We got away at about 8 am (the riders anyway), the crew left about an hour later. In the mornings the crew has to prepare the morning tea with filling 4 thermos with boiling water- Robbo helps with this job. If there is any food that needs preparing for morning tea, I do that in the morning. We fill the water tank on the car and water tanks on the side of the trailer. Next we load up the food boxes and eskis and then finally all the luggage. Fitting everything into the van and trailer is like a new jigsaw every morning. The size of the bags keep changing and trying to direct the helpers as to where the bags need to go is very frustrating at times.
Following your journey and your blog. Enjoying it. You should have some interesting recipes by the time ye reach Perth !!! Will join you there at the end of July.
ReplyDeleteRichard , Tipperary, Ireland