Covid Blog 12

11 Apr

Happy Easter everyone!!!!

Today was a late start ....we had rain this morning and showers on off for the whole day. This was the really first wintery day of the year unfortunately... yuk the cold weather looks like being the way forward for the next few months

After starting late at 8.00 am with breakfast it was time to see the guys at Zimt for a coffee to get the system running for the day...

I thought I might see what was going on regarding flu injections at the local pharmacy... well it seems there is a lack of doses being released by the government to satisfy demand so I had to retreat to Zimt for the coffee. I later tried at another pharmacy and was unable to get satisfaction!!!

Story of my life really....

Arriving home I resolved to get on with some preparation work for painting the outshot the house... painting is one job I really hate as the preparation work drives me nuts!!

Anyway after a few visits to Bunnings I was ready to go... with a little or maybe a lot of help from my son Christopher...

It was time to sort out the rot in the front windows... all the dry/wet rot needed to be cleared and bogged up with “builders bog” . The job went ok in between rain showers...

At lunch I received an email from my mate Chris in NZ regarding setting up a Zoom call with myself , Chris and Steve from our ride in the UK a few years ago. We set up the call for Monday evening Melbourne time. I am looking forward to the catch up with the guys to see how they are coping with the situation in both NZ and in the UK!!!

The afternoon was spent sorting out more of the dry rot in various parts of the house... amazing how the timber rots...

In the early afternoon I received a message from my friend Ashley Wright that his father Lauchie passed away yesterday... very sad as Lauchie was a true friend and will be sadly missed. He gave a couple of budding accountants at William Buck a go in the early years which was the start of the real growth in the firm... RIP Lauchie and condolences to all the Wright family in this sad time.

Shortly after lunch I received a call from my daughter Jodie regarding collecting an Xbox game from JBHifi at Doncaster.. the shops were very quiet at Doncaster as the message about staying home seems to have taken hold for most.

Another trip to Bunnings to get some barge boards to make it the 4th trip is a good set up for tomorrow when I will be replacing a number of rotted boards

The day ended with a trip to the supermarket to get a few items for dinner

Today was not a day for riding with high winds and rain it seems the day was spent mostly sorting out stuff at the shops... yuk what a waste of time!!!

Now for the photos

The gear ready to go for bogging dry rot!!!