Regular readers will realise that thee has been little by way of blog production of late from the Mobile Marshies. There are a number of reasons for that, some personal some practical.
Over the past three weeks we have been on the move, from McLaren Vale down to Middleton and thence back to Adelaide (the 'Brighton' Caravan Park at Seacliff...or Kingston Park depending on your road map!).
During this time we have had the van into a repair place for the installation of two much larger fridge vents. This has not done the trick. The temperature is still all over the place. We'll be returning this coming Monday to have the thermostat replaced (at least).
Murphy has struck again. Our model fridge, with its control panel at the bottom of the unit, is very difficult to work on. The entire unit has to be removed and replaced, an all day job.
But this has been the least of our travails of late. Liz's mum deteriorated significantly a couple of weeks ago. She was finally placed on a palliative regime, and for the next week Liz was spending all night with her whilst her sister did the 'day shift'. The Cruiser did over 800 kms in a week from Middleton to Adelaide and back.
Relief for us all came when Gwen finally succumbed on the 10th. So what with the stress of this period, followed by the necessary funeral and other arrangements, neither of us has had much time for anything else.
And just to prove things really do come in threes, two of my close friends have also died in this period. So by the time we get back from Port Elliot this afternoon it will have been three funerals in two and a half weeks. We are decidedly over it!
Because of the uncertainty of things we have pre-booked a number of parks, with the upshot being that we'll not be leaving to hit the road again until 27 April (I'll have one last Anzac Day with my comrades before we head off).
In the interim we are looking forward to spending a month or so around SA with our good Victorian friends who arrive here in early March.
Hopefully I'll be returning to our Tassie adventures within the next day or two.
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