Moving on to Richmond

It was time to move on, so farewell to Higgins Heritage Park in Wakefield, and hello to Richmond.  The trip was via the dump station, where it was pouring with rain.  With that job done, we were heading to Robin’s sister Kaye’s new to us home in the country -  Kaye and hubby Jan had moved here two years ago. Look for the red barn, she said.  This rustic old barn had seen better days, and had a previous life as an apple packing shed.

The old red barn

We needed help to get the caravan parked up, there just wasn't room enough for Robin to swing the van around.  It  was Jan to the rescue with his trusty digger, which luckily had a tow ball in the front.  Although we had to watch out for the rotary clothesline on one side, and a row of fruit trees on the other. 

Help from Jan

Finally we were in place, with room to pull the awning out.  And facing the right way for our departure in a few days time.

Our home over Christmas

We'd had a bit of a disaster several days earlier when our modem up and died.  So Robin had to hot-spot my phone to give us internet.  Why my phone?  Because I had whole lot more data than he had, I didn’t know that.  But now I do know how to do hot-spotting, so that is something new learned.  A phone call was made to Net Speed to relay our problem, and we were promised a new model would be couriered out to Kaye’s address.  Seems there has been a couple of upgrades since we purchased our modem 5 years earlier.  We can’t complain about the service as the parcel was ready and waiting for us when we arrived.  The new modem is much bigger than our previous one.  Robin spent quite some time setting it up, putting in passwords, and wondering where it’s new home will be.  It won’t fit where the old one was, and he may well have to purchase a longer cord, he thinks, to set it up elsewhere.  In the meantime, it is just popped up on the window ledge behind the sofa. 

The size difference between the new and the old

We’ve been out and about doing a little shopping, and  braving the crowds who are hell bent on getting their last minute Christmas things too.  Jan had given us a “two for one” voucher to visit the Nelson Classic Car Museum, but by the time we arrived there, we both decided to just have lunch in the café, and save the visit for another day.  Robin’s knee was rather painful, and my back had decided that enough was enough!  What a pair of poor old crocks we are.  Never mind, we will hopefully come back later to look at all the cars.  Meanwhile, I took a few photos of cars on view, just to show we had been there.

View from the café, across the pool

Look at this beauty displayed in the gift shop, a 1909 Packard, in elegant white with brass accessories.

How about a spin in this!

This 1988 Excalibur was on display outside the building.  It is known as a Neo Classic sedan and was styled after the 1930 Mercedes Benz.

1988 Excalibur

The weather here has been rather changeable so far.  Warm sunny weather, then the sky clouds over and the rain pours down.  Fingers crossed for a sunny Christmas Day.