… very lazy day today.<\/p>\n
Yet another decent sleep although I did wake up a couple times but that didn’t bother me too much.<\/p>\n
And for a change just recently I leapt out of bed and within an hour or so I’d medicated, breakfasted and showered.<\/p>\n
It took a while to organise myself and I left a few things behind that I no longer needed for the benefit of whoever needs them, packed the car and set off.<\/p>\n
And then went back for my cap that I had forgotten.<\/p>\n
First stop was the car wash. $27:99 for a wash and valet, and then I had to send it back because it wasn’t done well enough. It still wasn’t satisfactory after that but it was an improvement.<\/p>\n
And I’m glad that it took so long because I went for a walk round and discovered the rarest of the rare cars – a streamlined Nash Airflyte of the late 1940s – the earliest of the models with the exterior fuel cap. It was sitting in a very sorry condition on a trailer in a compound full of other sorry-looking vehicles, close to the car wash.<\/p>\n
From there I nipped to Bulk Barn for some gelatine-free wine gums, and then to the little park on the hill overlooking the railway line and the town centre, where I ate my butties.<\/p>\n
The hotel today is under renovation so there were builders everywhere, and my room wasn’t yet ready. But I dumped my stuff anyway and took the car back to the Car Hire place.<\/p>\n
I was sorry to see the little Kia go. We’d had a good time and I had enjoyed it very much. They didn’t say a word about the mileage (all 4000-odd miles of it) so I left and caught the shuttle bus back to the hotel.<\/p>\n
Back here I had a shower and a clothes-wash, and then crashed out on the bed for an hour, musing on the fact that for the last 7 weeks I’ve been living in no more than 2 tee-shirts, 2 pairs of trousers and 2 sets of undies, washing everything as I’ve been going around.<\/p>\n
Rosemary rang up so we had a chat, and then I caught up with some housekeeping chores.<\/p>\n
Tea was my final tin of soup with the left-over bread, and then a walk down to whatever Atlantic Superstore is called around here for a look around.<\/p>\n
An early night is on the cards. I’m flying back to Toronto tomorrow for part IV of my adventure so I need to be on form..<\/p>\n
