After the tearing of sending Thom and Laura off
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| Last family photo |
It has been good to focus on getting away again and to get the head back into orienteering.
We went out for a practice run at Lady Alice at Para Wirra on Wednesday and I hurt my foot, which has been a bit of an issue, but I am walking on it again without difficulty today, so planning to run on it tomorrow with it strapped and hope that it will hold up. It is a bit bruised.
We drove to Bordertown last night and caught up with Barry and Bett. Barry has been quite sick lately and was looking very tired . He has lost a lot of weight in the sickness since we saw him last and this worried us some. Judith says he is better than he was 2 weeks ago.
We stayed at the sundowner Bordertown hotel (with the air conditioner running all night to block out the sound of the trucks and trains)
Today we drove on to wish Judith a happy birthday at Serviceton including past some lovely crops of golden canola
And helped out a little with driving a mob of sheep across the highway and up the track a bit
before heading on to Ballarat and moving in to Harrowfield House where we will be staying for the next 10 days while the orienteering champs are on.
The house is great (3 bedrooms, heating, washing machine and dryer) , and Zita and Al arrived an hour or so later and will share the house with us for some of the time. We had fun catching up with them, dropping in to the event centre to pick up our chest numbers and info, and doing the shopping , then sharing a late dinner together.
Tomorrow is the Victorian middle distance event on a complex gold mining map. We have all dropped into bed now to rest up, hopefully have a good sleep in, and have our minds in order for tomorrow. Wish us luck.
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