Sunday not too far away

Sun 4th

I got to sleep easily enough but when I woke up at 4am I had trouble sleeping again, since I kept thinking about this issue with the Skins. I'm hoping it can be settled but sometimes people make these decisions and then won't back down for fear of losing face.

We have 5 teams in our grade so we each have a bye and today it was our turn. We arranged to get an hour of practice on the turf but in order to do this before the fixtures started we had to be there by 8am. My leg was sore enough not to want to risk further damage so I limited what I did - mainly playing next to the post and practising deflections. I kept the goalie warm while the rest were doing side line exercises and took part in the corner practices,

We went for  a leisurely drive through the country, leaving about 11 and heading first to Sorrel which is East of the city, then looping round to the North an west before returning. We passed by lakes and rivers and drove through hills and valleys. It reminded me to some extent of the countryside in the North Island of NZ.

In Sorrel we visited a local market, much smaller than the one in Salamanca, However I think we as a team bought more stuff there and the previous day. I bought 6 golf balls for $5 from a guy who works as ground staff at one of the courses. I picked out  ProV1, ProV1x and Srixon Z-stars.

We then headed on to Richmond the home of the oldest bridge in Australia, or maybe just Tasmania. We wandered around for a while looking at the old buildings including the gaol and the church and then had lunch at the bakery. I had the pies of the day - Curried scallop and Chicken and Camenbert, both of which were very nice. The rest of them continued to wander around looking at the shops but I decided it would be better to stay seated until it was time to go.  I stayed in the bakery doing crosswords. Or at least I started on them but kept falling asleep. (Just like Sunday afternnons in Perth really) Eventually I thought I'd better get up and move to the car.

From there we drove  through Bridgewater and on to New Norfolk along the South side of the Derwent River. We found a Chicken Feed store and boughtvarious Knick Knacks. I found some presents for my buddies.  Some of the girls had a coffee as well and our coach Bev found a tablespoon in the antique shop that she bought.

We returned to Bridgewater along the North side of the river and recross the bridge, where traffic was banked up due to a motor cycle accident. As we were driving back to Hobart along the road that passes the stadium, we stopped to watch the 40s play their game.

There was nothing organised for the evening and my roomies decided on pizza but I went to the Mexican at the end of the street and ordered a Nachos supreme. I could only manage half of it so the small option might have been better. We had a quiet evening watching TV.