As we arrive (last night) the man in charge says that his wife is away... That explains a lot. The essential preparation is done, our cottage is clean, neat, stocked for breakfast plus more. But the strawberries in the fridge are going mouldy, a bucket of kitchen scraps is fermenting.
Towels are there, clean and fresh -- but not folded very neatly. Though that one could be by my own standards :-) There are a couple of dead bugs in out-of-the-way spots. Things are there but not completely... right.
Nothing that worries me. Just signs that the wife is away.
Morning, and we pack up and leave. It's a beautiful cottage, peaceful location, plenty of everything. Just needs a neat-freak person for the finishing touches.
We drive into town, Collie, to a garage, to pump up the tyres. They have been low for the last few days, for off-road driving. I bring them up to highway pressure. We head towards home.
We know the way but -- just for fun -- we follow the gps. It takes us exactly where we would have gone anyway... reassuring. I sit on 80 or 90 all the way, just enjoying the drive.
Our only stop is just to the north of Harvey, at the Stirling Cottage Gardens (or some such name). It's a favourite stop: reasonable food and very nice gardens. I admire the garden view, Deb often wanders through the garden. Not today, we see enough, today, from our coffee-drinking seats. Enough for people who are ready to get home, anyway.
We drive on. The weather is warm and sunny. Warm enough that I eventually close the windows and turn on the air con. And -- with no more excitement than the usual highway traffic -- we are home.
All is well. Except for the cat, who has symptoms but no explanatory cause. This started a short while before we went away, typical. Tim managed it all excellently. The symptoms seem to worry us more than the cat. Oh well, she's old.
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Deb has just gone to bed, leaving me to wrap up this post, the last draft before the printed journal. As she left Deb said that the 4wd drive was... fabulous! Excellent :-)
So we're looking forward to -- sometime -- doing the last stages, from Collie to Mundaring. And -- when the weather is absolutely dry -- tackling the complete track at the Albany end.
An excellent holiday :-)
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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Glad you both enjoyed the trip.
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