Hello to the few valiant souls still reading,
Today's story starts rather early I thought it was 5:30 when we awoke to the lights on and the heater humming. However apparently the power was back on at 3:30.
This morning in the awakening haze of my mind I was thinking that the people next door were having a long shower and the wall must be really thin. In full awake mode the noise was the gutter outside reception overflowing. I clambered into my water proof gear and lugged the 4 metre step ladder into the rain to remove 15 litres of leaves which was about a quarter of what was there to get things flowing. The other problem gutter outside was out front of our old room and was overflowing heartily due to the pipe under the ground being blocked. This one was not solvable in today's time frame for tasks. I will try the backflush strategy and the sewer snake if it can be found. The last most unpalatable option is to dig the pipe up.
From there the day was the usual scramble of pool testing, goat agistment where I was in the bad books because Zeus ate a branch from the hazelnut tree with other assorted sundries before finishing off with a new 3 pin plug for one of the vacuum cleaners. The first time I think I have seen somebody snap a pin on a plug. There is no such thing as backpacker proof.
I tried to quietly leave at 3 sharp to whiz to Sorell to get my glasses repaired. Susan lagged me in to the boss and before I knew it I was receiving instructions on picking up trees on the intersection of this road and that road when all I wanted to do was to get to the opticians in time for them to fix my specs today. Anyway I managed to picked up the trees in the pouring rain and put a folded sheet and get to the opticians in time. I gave the lady at Eyelines in Sorell a big pat on the back. Not only did she do the job straight away she also installed new bridge pieces all for the princely sum of $5.
It rained steadily all the way there and back and unlike some who complain about the trip I find it quite picturesque. Today it was the mist and rain over the smooth water at Taranna very nice.
I returned to earth at Nubeena where I wheeled out the 7 or 8 bins and the 10 crates of recycling in the rain of course. Before enjoying a good communal tea featuring Susan's rhubarb and peach(because they needed to be used) crumble. I picked the rhubarb a couple of days ago and there is a lot more in the garden for more hot winter desserts.
It's nearly 11 and still raining. The north east of the state has copped the worst. There was 140mm of rain overnight where we free camped at Bay of Fires with road wash aways and general flooding.
Night Folks
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