EPPING

SUNDAY 6th NOVEMBER

  Got up about 10.00am and after a coffee and toast and a bit of work on the computer set off with Rob and Jeannette for Penrith where we dropped Jeannette off to collect her car, and headed off for Epping. It was another superb morning with the sun scorching down giving a temperature of over 30 degrees. We got to Epping about midday and Nick came rushing down the garden path to give us both a big hug.  We took him to North Rocks shopping and also had lunch there at Subway.

  Upon returning home Nick started up a football competition on the Wii, which he eventually won.  My 6-0 defeat was on a par with Robert's 7-1!

Doug was sorting out various knickknacks he had found in a drawer.  This included envelopes with UK stamps from the 50s including one posted on Coronation Day with very clear franking.  There were some school exercise books from the 30s, where Douglas often came top of the class.  Parish magazines from the 80s set him a puzzle;  he couldn't remember why he had kept them - convinced that he wouldn't have done so unless there was something relevant in them.  Jane failed to find anything and advised him to bin them.  Nick and Rob came out to shoot some baskets but this activity was curtailed by rain.  The sky had clouded over and rain was in the air.

  We drove back to Oakhurst in the late afternoon and spent a leisurely evening at home.