Shopping days

Just trying out my new app where I can blog from my mobile phone …. :-)!!

Yesterday was shopping day. It was a rather eventful day ….

Firstly, let me say that shopping day is a LONG day of a 350km round trip. Roughly 100km of that is dirt driving which always requires that extra bit of concentration.

I started a little late due to strange noises coming from the ute which turned out to be how items had been strapped down. Then something rarely seen out here …. Random breath tests. The road was blocked and all had to stop, show licenses and be breath tested. Obviously all went fine for me! We picked up lounged plus a kids motor bike from the tip, ran our many errands and ventured off home again in the afternoon. Not too long in the journey we were ushered off the road again – this time for a 7 metre wide load. It was a long enough wait to start eating some of the groceries and have a drink (of water!). The photo above is the mine truck that finally appeared. Apparently he was stuck for a while on a bend. Off we go again …. Now it’s a HUGE bull in the middle of the road! We come to a stop, he looks at me and I have to admit even in the safety of the ute I hope like crazy he will walk off and not charge at me. He walks off. Next is a station wagon fully on my side of the road! He thankfully returns to his side of the road in time and my German shopping companion for the day casually states “oh they must be German”. Almost home now and we are on a dirt road that is quite remote with not much through traffic and in the distance I see a figure … It turned out to be a lady with two blond plats riding a bike! She didn’t seem to have a pack of gear or anything? I slow down, she waves and rides on – oh well she must be ok I presume. The sun has now set and we arrive home. Just wandering …. How does that compare with other people’s shopping days?