You have to give it to the poms. They may whinge elsewhere but they don't whine about the weather here. They just put on more clothes and go out and do things. Good on 'em, I say. Alan and I thought we would take a leaf out of their book and we went out for the day to Newbury.
I was actually a very pretty town. The canals were lovely and so was the market atmosphere of the place. Alan bought me a new hat for my birthday and some gloves, and a scarf. We had lunch in a nice old pub that looked out over the canals and watched the swans and two intrepid paddlers in kyaks go by. Then we went for a wander along the canals. The whole day the temperature didn't get above freezing and all the trees and bushes were covered in frost.
Eventually, like all good Aussie tourists, we proceeded to hang out in shop doorways trying to cadge a bit of warmth from the heaters and pretending to be interested in buying something. Eventually completely outdone by the locals, who were still out and about we looked at each other and said something along the lines of it's fxxxking freezing, lets go home - to Australia we meant - but ended up back in Basingstoke.
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Hi Lonnie and Alan
Great to see you're still out and about. I hear you're coming home in May, which is about when I'll arrive. While you were freezing we were a trifle hot at 46, but SA was lucky - no bushfires, unlike Victoria. All my family are safe and sound thank goodness and there were no fires around Albury/Tumut/Gundagai. The ABC website has a lot of clips if you're interested. It's all so tragic and the sheer extent of the fires is horrific. Love regardless or I should say even more so, as it certainly makes you realise how precious everyone is.
Lesley B
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