Covid Blog 47

17 May

Today’s blog will cover 2 days of achievement rather than one day

The reason for this is that we have been without internet for the past 4 days which is very frustrating. As I said in an earlier blog the internet cables were cut by a worker on a building site near Box Hill causing major problems in a wide expanse in the south eastern suburbs

The problem is now fixed but the communication by Telstra and Foxtel has been abysmal... for communication companies it seems that the consumer is the last person to be kept informed as to what is going on. You need to rely on the informal Facebook network or the news networks to get information... shocking performance!!!

Anyway both days I started early with rides with the Wheeliebinners. On Saturday it was in to the city then Port Melbourne and beach road to the Blackrock clock. Coffee was at the North Road Cafe which was delightful... good to enjoy the sun and a chat with the boys. The remainder of the ride was fairly direct back home via Bluff Road , East Boundary Road and the Anniversary trail

On Sunday we did a ride in to Richmond then along the Boulevard and Yarra Trail to Westerfolds Park. Jeff then took us along a rough track out of the park then up a road with a 22 pc grade through Templestow then to Bulleen and the Koonung Trail to the Engine Shed for coffee and a chat in the sun

Both days were very frosty and cold to start off with and my fingers were aching from the cold for the first hour of the ride... after thawing out the rest of the rides were in great weather with plenty of sun but virtually no wind

Arriving home both days were then on to painting and garden tidy up in good sunny weather. The afternoons did cool down at about 4.00pm both days....

Today being the 17 th May was my son Nicks birthday do we joined him and his family for a lovely family dinner. This is the first time we have been able to do this with his family since the Covid virus lockdown was implemented. Only in the last few days has there been some relaxing of the rules!!!

Both days were great in both what I achieved and a real opportunity to enjoy some lovely weather

Now for the photos of the past 2 days....

Coffee at North Road Cafe with the Boys

Picture taken by a delightful lady with an interesting turn of phrase!!!