WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH     QUEANBEYAN

We were up before 6am. Drove to Central, to the bus station. Got there at 7.10 and the bus left at 7.20. Never let it be said that we are excessively early for things!

After the bus had departed, I had to drive Truck out to Belconnen, where John had arranged to have the brakes checked at the Landrover dealer. John has recently been unhappy with the way they are working – not stopping strongly enough. I was just a little ahead of the peak traffic time!

I walked around the Westfield Shopping Centre, from 8.30am till 1pm. Think I saw every shop in the place, and did much browsing. Bought an ice cream cone and had a couple of coffees. Had some lunch – a roll.

At 1pm, phoned Landrover and they said I could collect Truck and go. Good! I was getting rather bored with the shopping centre, and was pleased to be ahead of the late afternoon traffic.

Back to the caravan park. The brakes seemed alright to me. The mechanic said they had driven it up and down Black Mountain to test it, but did not indicate what they had done to remedy the brakes.

I read and sewed for the rest of the day.

Had a very light tea – just some salad.

The graduation ceremony was mostly an evening affair, so I thought of John, hoping he’d travelled comfortably, found his daughter appreciative of the effort it has taken for him to go down there – and that my son has found him a decent hotel room.