TUESDAY 10 MARCH     QUEANBEYAN

It was quite a warm day, but little wind.

In the morning, we rode the bikes down to the RSL Club, where John booked himself in for afternoon bowls. Bought rolls for lunch and then did enough riding around the streets to give us a 10.5km ride.

After lunch, John went off to bowls. I got him to drop me off in the main street, and set off to explore the shops. I bought some more embroidery things at Spotlight, 6 novels for $20 and a Caravan World magazine at newsagent. Went back to the Info Centre to have a more leisurely look in there; bought a SE NSW Forests map – quite detailed.

Walked the couple of kms back to the van, not appreciating the uphill walk at the end! Got back all hot and sweaty; a swim would have been lovely but I had to settle for a shower.

John came home with a chook he’d won at bowls, so he was happy.

We drove to John’s daughter’s place at Reid for tea,  getting there about 6pm to coincide with her return from work. We then had to walk to the Central shops with her, while she shopped for food for tea. John bought six bottles of the beer they drink – expensive! Our (late) tea was stir fried vegetables and tempeh. After that, we sat and talked.

John gave them our old binoculars and his Chinese Hasselblad style film camera. After some pressure, S did give John a photo he can make into a screen saver for his new laptop.

We got back to the van about 11pm.