MONDAY 17 JANUARY     HOBART

After breakfast, we went to Glenorchy shops to get some food for dinner tonight with friends V and A. I also picked up my photos – pleasing enough.

John went to bowls after lunch.

Then V phoned to say that A was sick with some bug he’d caught as soon as they arrived in Tasmania, and was getting worse, so they would not be coming to tea, after all. Although I am sorry to miss seeing them – it has been several years since we last met up – I am very glad not to be exposed to the bug!

That does not pose any food problems – everything I have will keep for our eating.

John returned from bowls with a chook prize.

Tea was scotch fillet, mushrooms, jacket potatoes, then strawberries and raspberries.