So yesterday we dropped the van off to have new slide rubbers done. The big surprise was that it was finished the same day, but....... (there is always a but isn't there?), we could not shut the slides for a while so they suggested we camp in our van in the drive way of the factory overnight. This saved us the expense of accommodation elsewhere, however it was rather unsettling to watch all the workers in an industrial area pack up and go home for the night and have an eerie silence replace them and their constant noisy hum.
The quiet of the night was broken only by an occasional train on the line out the back and the hum of traffic on the Bruce Highway about half a kilometre away.
Now I am up early as we are unsure of what time this mob start work and I would hate for them to be shocked so early in the morning by the sight of an ancient old crone as she goes about the business of scratching and coughing her way into the day!
While we waited yesterday we looked at the shopping malls and hardware stores and ended up buying Himself a new pair of safety boots. Sad really when there is a box full of them in Perth but he is still wearing the ones he had already worn for a while when he retired, but now you can see the bare metal of the steel cap in the toes. He was beginning to look a bit down and out when he put on his work boots.
I forgot to say that the new rubbers look fantastic and I hope they perform as expected when we begin our trek north later today.
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