Friday 27-10-2006

Last night I talked with my brother Brian and my favourite ‘S in L’ Chris, via Skype. It was really very clear reception considering the distance, although I had a bit of feedback at my end. We talked for over twenty minutes (although it seemed a lot shorter) during which I was watching another amazing sun set out of the window of the caravan computer room . Whilst I was talking to Brian on the hand set phone I canoodled my large Megxon camera from it’s case, opened the window even wider, switched the camera on, zoomed in, focussed and was taking pictures of the glorious sun setting to the west of us.
It was lovely to talk to Brian for so long and I hope that by dedicating the resultant best of these pictures to you, Brian and Chris, you will forgive me if I had any momentary lack of attention during our conversation. I did nearly strangled myself with the phone flex a couple of times, but I hope that you agree that the pictures were perhaps just worth the effort.
I hope that the pictures from my large camera down load for you all in reasonable time, feed back if you noticed please. Also if anyone has any interesting questions, about our life out here, we will gladly try to explain and add some pictures, if decently acceptable.
To cheer you all up, it’s now 22-15 local time and it’s pouring down with rain. Elayne and I are in negotiation over whom will go out and turn the genny off tonight. I bet I know who wins!!!
Where’s my golfing umbrella, do we still have one? And if we do can I hold the torch and umbrella whilst trying to turn off the genny and petrol tap without pouring the cold water from the umbrella down the back of my neck?
When we awoke this morning it had been raining on and off all night. The earth here is very free draining. In the UK if you stripped the grass off the lawn and it rained for half an hour you would not dare go near the earth again for a few days in fear of getting caked up to the eyebrows in mud. I went out (our site is just recently moved bare earth) this morning just fifteen minutes after it had stopped raining, to fill and start the genny, and I just put my sandals on my feet. After attending to the genny and putting the water and petrol cans in the car, ready for refilling, I came back to the caravan and my feet were no more wet and dirty than if it had been dry. After all last nights rain also there were only just one or two puddles about on the land this morning. There’s me thinking that I better rush off and buy some wellies.
It was also good to talk to Christine and Andrew at Whiteley this afternoon via Skype.
Picture wise, I have also put a contrasting picture on showing the difference between last night and today. HANWE.