The only fools this April 1st were those who didn’t like the Charlton weather this weekend. Never mind the April sun in Cuba, take me to the April sun in Charlton!
Our trip for this long weekend (I had annual leave on Monday and Tuesday) started later than it would have normally – our usual attempt to get to the house on Friday evening wasn’t possible this trip due to the cricket club presentation night being held on Friday night. I’m glad I went too, because during the evening I was honored with life membership.
The trip up on Saturday morning was typically uneventful, with the usual stops at Calder park for coffee and for Psychopup to pee, and again at Ravenswood being a piddle stop for us all.
Arriving around lunchtime we unpacked the car and trailer, made some lunch and took some time to inspect the work we had done during the week, namely the re-connection of the hot water service to both the water and power. I was nice to have hot water again after going without on our last trip. We spent the remainder of Saturday relaxing before “fivesies” with our dear friends Ross and Peggy.
The aim for this visit was to complete the sub-floor for the rear decking ready for the decking boards to be laid over the Easter break, and take the growing green waste pile to the tip, so bright and early Sunday morning I set about loading up the trailer with garden clippings Shirleen had piled up on our last visit and proceeded to the tip, with Skylar coming along or the ride.
Once home again it was all about setting up string lines, saws, hammers and drills and getting stuck into the sub-floor, whilst Shirleen started attacking the overgrowing vines and jade plant surrounding the old water tank.
After 2 days work and another trip to the tip with the fruits of Shirleen’s labour we had achieved our aims for the weekend.
Tuesday morning we packed up and prepared to head home, looking very much forward to our next visit – another extra long stay over the Easter & Anzac Day weekends.
Bring it on!
Sub-floor completed
Tank before
Tank After