SUNDAY 26 DECEMBER     HOBART

We had a quiet day.

John was keen to watch the Boxing Day Test cricket, on TV from Melbourne. I did get to watch on TV, a bit of the start of the Sydney-Hobart yacht race, which is the Boxing Day event that interests me. But the cricket took priority.

After lunch, we went for a walk around the local streets. Again, the area was really quiet.

In the late afternoon, a huge thunderstorm set in, in Melbourne, that disrupted the cricket and caused much local flooding. I thought of V and the family gathering she’d planned, and hoped it hadn’t been washed out.

Tea was cold turkey and salads.