Football and Birdies at Linton.......

This week started quietly with Bill at work and me enjoying the freedom.  Sandra returned from Perth on Wednesday and so joined me on a train trip to Chelsea where we met Bill and his family to celebrate his birthday.  No zeros for him yet!  We enjoyed a tasty meal at the RSL and thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone again.

The next night Sandra had put in an order for something to be cooked in my newly acquired Pressure Cooker.  She had bought me a cookbook the week before and chose a Chicken, Leek and Apple Pudding to be our dinner.  I really was not sure how this would go but nothing ventured, nothing gained so they say, so I shopped on Thursday afternoon and came home to create.  It was yummy, cooked to perfection and so big we had enough to take with us to Linton the next night.  

Sandra returned to Perth on Friday and Bill got away early on Friday and we were on our way to Linton for a weekend with the birdies.   The following morning after a quiet start we drove around to Devils Kitchen to see if the Peregrine Falcons were there.  Just as we were leaving one flew in and entertained us for a few minutes before settling down on the rocks.  

As it was AFL Grand Final day again we decided that we would return to the pub to watch the big event again.  This is our third visit there to see a football game and a couple of the locals recognised us this time.  Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing but we enjoyed the afternoon of country hospitality.  The game however was quite boring and we left at three quarter time and returned to the peace perfect peace of the campsite.

We woke the next morning to a fine but much windier day but before much longer it had really picked up and was blowing the trees around madly.  We went for a walk through some of the many acres of woodlands but the birdies were all tucked up somewhere out of the wind.  We did come across this monument to the man who donated the land to Birdlife, something we had not seen before.

Arriving back to the van we found the wind playing havoc with the awning so decided it was time to pack up and head for home.  The wind continued to get wilder as we went and on the way home we had one tree branch hit the car and take a light out.  A bit scary but all was well and we have fixed the light.

We had enjoyed our first trip out in the van since Kangaroo Island but the wind did not play nice.  Better luck next time!  

Until then..........