FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER     MORNINGTON

Despite the background of urban and traffic noise again, we slept in somewhat.

After breakfast, John went back to the hospital. N died an hour or so later.

There had been drama during the night. H got a shock from a light switch in the hospital and was taken by ambulance to the larger Frankston Hospital! She is alright, though, and home now.

John had a big whisky after he got back to the van – in a salute to N, who liked her whisky too.

We went to the shops for some much needed supplies. I put films into a shop there for processing. I phoned our dentist and made an appointment. John phoned and booked Truck in for a service at Frankston – next Friday. It would be more convenient from here, if we decided to stay longer than the week we’d booked.

After lunch, drove to H’s place at Beaumaris. Her daughter was there too. We sat round and talked – mostly about her shock, our travels, gemstones. We had tea there – take away chicken and fried rice, and a superb bottle of champagne.

The drive back from Beaumaris to Mornington at night, was not too bad.