The diminishing tribe, Back Row, eminent newly shorn blogger, lovable red headed golliwog, Suzanne (UK), Front row, Lian (Taiwan), Johnny (Wales)
Zamberlan's Baltoros (L) Vioz (R) exciting hey?
Good evening,
Winter settled over Tassie today on our day off. We farewelled Lian with the usual photo session and headed towards the airport. 30 minutes up the road I casually asked Susan, "Have you got Lins bag?". For a moment I thought she was joking and her acting skills were improving as she said, "Damn I forgot it" However they hadn't, she was for real so we turned about and met Johnny in the van halfway back to retrieve said bag.
Fortunately time was on our side so we made it to the airport in plenty of time for Lian's flight. After our good byes we headed through Hobart to Mount Stuart to our first stop to drop off Maels's package plus some sticky date pudding for Elodie. Our eyes weren't deceiving us there were snowflakes drifting down all of 10 minutes from the Hobart CBD. After a refreshing cup of tea and a chat we headed back into town for the purchase of cleaning supplies. I picked up Suzanne's shoes and Susan went to the bank. It was then off to Margate for lunch with Lin and Joel. A very nicely refurbished large house and some acreage. Unfortunately time constraints and the weather meant we did not get to look around the grounds. We headed back to Hobart but were unable despite many tries to make contact with our new helpexer that we were supposed to pick up.
From there it was the time honoured trek to Sorell to the fruit and veg market, Woolies supermarket, fuel station, BWS, ATM and Heat pizza bar before returning to the resort. A day away from the resort but not really a day off.
I did wear my latest hiking boots out to start breaking them in. I am sure you are all excited to see the pictures of both pairs I have bought here, They are both Zamberlan brand (Italian) The ones on the right are Vioz GT and the left Baltoros. The Vioz ones have a goretex liner to keep them waterproof. Their only drawback is that on the rocky paths here I am kicking the hell out of the toes and they are already looking scuffed. The Baltoros have the rubber protector on the toe. I guess my strategy will be to wear them on rocky paths and dryer days although they are very water resistant keeping the others for really boggy days, Anyway that's the theory. As a foot note i did see some pictures of the Vioz with rubber guards on the toes. Looks like they don't sell them here though.
Tomorrow our forecast maximum is 9! I think some work in the pool building will be in order! The lights and power have mysteriously returned to the cafe area without any known human intervention which is a bit disturbing. Maybe it is the Parsons Bay ghost at work!
Night folks
cheers Simon
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