Living Contentedly

   Cricket ground, Dungog. Home of Doug Walters. This day last week I was heading to Gloucester to go camping in the mountains and I saw a group ride out of Dungog. Today I rode the train to Dungog as a launch onto Bingleburra and spied the same guys hanging out at the coffee shop. But being a solo rider, I kept to myself.  by the road near the top of B Okay, Bingleburra is a bloody big hill between the capital town of the shire to the neighbouring village of Gresford. I can't fond any elevation figures, but I did spend a good deal of time on the lowest cog. Distance between the two towns is a little over 20k but it took almost 2 hours including a scintillating drop off the top of the hill. At one point, hopping into s blind left corner, I was waiting to break traction. But Krampas was really fast and well behaved, so I tucked up and shot through.  gresford shop I was expecting to be hungry and spent at Gresford, but I only stopped...

2-Feb: PLAN use cooler weather and back to school date to take a long dog walk. WHAT HAPPENED on the way, I dropped the wheelie bins off for collection 1.6k from home. As I got back in the car I asked the dog to get in the back of the wagon. I then drove 60k, just before the destination I stop to leave empty bottles and cans for refund.  As I get back on the car, from 10' away, no dog. I search on foot and behind the wheel for 5 hrs. Meanwhile my daughter is posting on Facebook and calling vets and animal shelters.  I dreaded this, but texted my son; I've lost the dog. ... and copped heavy abuse.  As son arrived home he finds the dog.  retreating from the coast WHAT HAPPENED when I asked the dog to hop over the back, he hopped out the car window without me noticing. HIGHLIGHTS meeting lovely caring people after the dog was found, I bought some steak and had a waterside BBQ, and spied this very interesting little boat.

Mia reported that she had been enduring temperatures in excess of 40°C for a week. One day it reached 46°, and was still 40_ ° at 8pm. She described a level of hardship that few people can comprehend, but will need to love with in coming decades.  A little research reveals that temperature measurements are taken in a louvred box, that is, the gauge is not in direct sunlight .  Direct sun can easily be at least 15° hotter.  Health authorities warn that this amount of heat, raised even further by Mia's normal work setting (truck engines and hard surfaces) can cause "imminent [sun] stroke" or worse. Working in isolation at times throughout the day, an equipment failure could threaten her life. Council administrators (in air conditioned offices), expects work to continue and their concession is to have outdoor staff begin an hour earlier.  As a parent with a long history of protectiveness, and even though she is an adult, I am concerned. She is a very driven ...