Evening all,
Susan is too worn out from typing last nights blog so you are stuck with me again.
First up the weather report. It started raining about 130pm yesterday and rained all afternoon and night until about dawn. The good news is I checked the roof bag this afternoon and it was bone done. Finally a win for me. Thank you Michelles sacs.
Today we were up at 615 via the alarm and were in the "gopher" van (a white Mazda)with Ann driving to the Farm Gate market in Hobart at 715. The market is held in the car park where we normally park off Elizabeth Street in the CBD. We were sharing a stall with Matthew. Turns out that Matthew is actually Matthew Evans who amongst other things presents "The Gourmet Farmer" on SBS.
It was an interesting day with the stalls all selling product at the higher quality level with prices to suit I might add. Once selling commenced Susan and Ann did the behind the counter work. I wandered the stalls purchasing 6 blocks of lovely fudge for $22 and a bottle of Tasmanian Riesling for $22. I also wandered into Mountain Designs and bought a pair of Italian Zamberlan low cut walking shoes (made in China). Susan has threatened me with divorce if I buy one more pair of shoes. However to be fair "Imelda" has only bought 2 pairs of hiking boots and one pair of hiking shoes to replace one pair of boots that fell apart and one pair of joggers that were nearly worn out and left at Nowhere Else a net gain of one pair.
The market finished at one and we packed up and left. We called into Kettering to the coffee shop where Ann wants shelves erected (by me) to display her product.
Next Saturday we are going to Salamanca market to learn the set up which is apparently a military operation. The reason being is that the Saturday after Ann is away and these two tyros will be doing it. Someone has to learn to drive the van next Saturday since it has to be double declutched to avoid destroying the gearbox. Those of you who are aware of Susan's passenger tendencies will not be surprised to learn she wants to drive our car following the van next week. She was having internal caniptions today sitting in the middle of the front seat around the bends and hills on the roller coaster to Hobart. I think she left some fingernails in my arm.
It was an interesting day with lots of interesting people. Susan bumped into Bob and Helen from Premaydena who we did some work for while we were at the resort.
Tomorrow we work out what jobs we will doing while we are here. As usual there is no shortage of things to do and we should add some new skills to our kitbag.
Cheers Simon
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