Prepping

As a number of you know, visitors to my place have had it a bit tough so far.  There have been the carless times and the cold, wet and windy times.  Sometimes both.  Sandrine/Sashi Babe/Alex will arrive in September and I want her to be comfortable and fabulously entertained.

so I bought some flannelette sheets for those who feel the cold more than I do.

And I have made a pledge to do some exploring.

Sorell seems to offer a number of possibilities these days.  This is Iron Creek Bay Estate .

There is a restaurant and cherry farm so I figure it will be beautiful in Spring.  It was pretty quiet the day Jill PD and I were there, just a tractor cutting the grass between the rows of cherry trees.  Jill found some grass very much to her liking and I indulged in an orange grove reverie.

It's not all about Jill but it mostly is.  This is the new dog park in Cambridge.  It has only just opened and shows great promise.

Jill chatted to a few dogs and left some messages but was much more interested in the area along Barilla Creek outside the dog park.

For me it brought back memories of the Torrens River when we were kids, before it became the Linear Park.  There were fallen trees, swing ropes, a ford where we could catch yabbies.  Hard to imagine now.

I'm getting the hang of this exploring thing now so, having read about the Richmond Park Track in a local magazine, I decided to give it a go.  I'd been to visit someone in Richmond to the furtherance of Bellerive Heritage Volume 5 so was in a history frame of mind.

I'm sure I read somewhere that Richmond Park was established in 1810 but that seems extraordinarily early.

This is a well kept and respectful public walk - thank you Clarence Council.

As you can see on the gate, Richmond Park is private property.  Jill checked out some of the boundaries.  A lot of sheep checked us out.

An adventure closer to home.

A new park is being developed beside the Rosny Barn complex.  This area was formerly the Rosny Golf Course and the fairways are pretty apparent as you stroll around looking for the pink ball.  Jill gets distracted...

looking towards the Rosny Barn

the well kept Rosny Barn cottage

couldn't resist these parrots

That will do for now.  Pondering what's next.  I've just learned that a neighbour is a world champion power lifter but I don't think that's the next adventure.

Jilly wants  you to see her in her cosy red coat from Aunty Pat.

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