THE QUEENS IN WINDSOR

TUESDAY 29th MARCH

  It was flipping early when Robert woke me up announcing he was ready to go to work.  Being his usual chirpy self in the morning (I don't think), we drove in silence other than the car radio disseminating the sports news.  I got him to Distribution Road at Seven Hills spot on 7.30am, and then took off for Eastwood.  The traffic was pretty heavy and I got to BoJo's about 8.15am, managing to park outside the cafe.  The usual egg and bacon roll washed down by a cup of coffee saw me through the morning paper, and I drove up to Ward Street about 9.00am.  The inhabitants were up and breakfasted.  Bridie made me a cup of tea and toast, and we then set off.  We then drove down into Eastwood and I showed the ladies the shortest route to the station and explained which line they needed to catch to get into the city. We went to the Bureau de Change in Eastwood and without any request for ID they happily changed 300 of Angela's American Dollars into their Australian equivalent, without any commission charge. Then it was Oakhurst ho! Whilst the girls sat outside at Knolton Place, I took Reilly for a walk, and we then set of for Windsor.  We walked the length of the main street including the pedestrian precinct, and then went

into the Macquarie pub for lunch. It along with several others in Australia claims to be the oldest pub in the land dating back to 1815.

 It was a stuggle finishing the meals especially as we ordered two portions of garlic bread on top of the two cesar salads (one with chicken and one with lamb) and a basket of calamari and chips. 

Bridie was able to revisit a VB (in fact we all had a Victoria Bitter), and the heat of the day allied to full stomachs made us all quite sleepy.  I took forty winks in one of the comfortable settees in the outside area.  We then drove down to the Hawkesbury River where Bridie and Angela went for a walk whilst I did some blogging. 

Angela returned and had a quick snooze on one of the tables adjacent to mine whilst Bridie went off along side the river in the other direction.  The Blue Mountains were clearly visible over the other side of the river.

  The girls searched in vain for postcards, and eventually were given directions to the post office at the far end of town.  They found some postcards (not very good ones), and picked a few.  However they then joined an enormous queue, and with only one person serving, eventually gave up and returned to the car.  We drove to Plumpton and had some drinks outside in the gorgeous sunshine  (it was around 26 degrees today), and Rob and Jeannette came by on their way to do some shopping.  We then returned to the house to take full advantage of the fine weather, and although offered dinner, Bridie and Angela turned it down, saying they were too full for another meal (and anyway they had purchased a couple of meat pies for supper).  I took the dog for another walk - it was his lucky day, and Robert arranged for a mechanic to come round to look at his car between 10-12 tomorrow, so I will again have the joy of driving him to work.  It promises to be around 28 degrees and the girls will probably go by train into town, as I will be on mechanic duty. I then drove les filles back to Eastwood about 7.00 and got back an hour later with one of Jeannette's culinary delights awaiting me on my return.  Charlene was there having brought Jayden back from his day out in Penrith and she stayed quite a while, as ever full of stories.  Another early morning start awaits, and I retired relatively early at 10.30pm.