Evening folks,
A cold evening here with a piercing Antarctic breeze. Just as well we are inside!
Susan tripped into Sheffield this morning while I dug the last two foundation holes for the carport. The last hole was somewhat shallower than the others due to a piece of plastic with "danger electric cable buried below" on it. It is nice when people do things properly makes life so much simpler.
On her return Susan painted the carport poles in their sungold livery. She then moved inside to make some potato and leek soup for tea. I shuffled out into the paddock and moved the vegetable fence to make a larger garden area for a raspberry planting. I had to dodge the dark clouds that rolled in regularly depositing cold heavy showers. At one stage I left it too late and had hail stinging my face before i could hide in the little garden greenhouse. The fence is just about finished. I need to tidy it up and take down the bit I didn't use.
I took the opportunity at 4 to journey into Devonport to try to buy the bits for my 3G antenna. I was waylaid at Supercheapauto since they had 50% off all 3M products. Weighed down with bargains I proceeded to the local Home and Mitre 10 stores. It was hard work but I finally got most of the bits I needed. Oh to be near a Bunnings!
I returned to Nowhere Else and we enjoyed the delicious soup and garlic bread prepared by the kitchen whizz.
I ventured out to the camper trailer after dark to put the battery and charger back in the box. I had them out to determine the current draw of the charger for the purpose of sizing a generator to possibly add to our kit. Looks like a 700 watt one will do the job. I will think on this for a while.
Anyway that's about all the news apart from the Lyell Highway between Queenstown and Derwent Bridge being restricted to 4WD vehicles only due to snowfalls! As I type this I can hear a gale ripping across the roof.
Night folks
Simon
No comments:
Post a Comment