Saturday, Dec 05, 2009 at 00:36
Way back when........................ I rise at dawn or thereabouts, roll out of the swag, go for a short walk with the trusty shovel, back to
camp, wash F&H after short walk with shovel and put billy on fire. Roll a smoke, make a coffee and perhaps a slice of toast, sit and enjoy smoke and coffee and plan the day. Fishing, exploring, beach combing walk or just relaxing round the shady tree me swag is under?, have another smoke and go fishing for a couple of hours, clean,
cook and eat the catch if any or
cook up eggs and bacon. That will keep me going till mid afternoon. Tidy everything up and sit and relax with a beer or two.
Cook evening meals as sun sets, roll into swag, have a smoke and contemplate the stars. Heaven on earth.
Now........... I still rise at dawn, go to the inbuilt
toilet, turn on the gas to make coffee..........."why are you making all that noise, I'm trying to sleep", get the coffee and step outside towatch the sun rise, just like I did before but all I can see is caravans as far as the eye can see, I don't even have the satisfaction of a smoke now but that was my choice. Sit and watch everyone else stirring, all conscious of making too much noise, as the caravan
park comes to life, Have breakfast, cereal and skim milk, wholegrain toast and low fat jam.
She gets up, "what are we doing today"
Well I'd like to go fishing for a while. "Oh, I thought that we could go into (your choice of town) because I need to get some things for the grandkids, some material for the quilt I have to have finished next week or I need new clothes and so do you, your T shirt is too old to be wearing round in public.
So we go to town, I look for a tackle
shop or a car yard with a 4wd or two and we agree to meet at 12.30 for lunch.
But that ends up being around 3.00pm and i'm all grumpy and she can't work out why.
By the time we get back to caravan
park the wind is blowing a gale so fishing is a non event today. Might as
well sit and have a beer or three and try to plan tomorrow to suit ME. Then tea is ready, TV is on and i can't use the computer to go on line to check up on all the exploroz doings.
It's better than working,...........But not much.
Disco.
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