Thursday 14th November 2024

Thursday 14^th November

SHE SAID:

We caught up with Rick from the Warren Grange Heritage Vegetable Farm for morning tea in town today. First thing he told us was that the farm is sold. He didn’t seem overly happy about it though.

As it was a hot day we didn’t head out orchid hunting but stayed by the van. Around 4pm we were suddenly jolted forward; a new arrival had backed into us! The woman said that they had parked a foot away from our van & theirs “must have rolled backwards”. She then claimed we were parked over the line...NOT! Geoff got their details in case we have problems down the track; hopefully not!

The slow-cooked Sri Lankan Beef Curry went down nicely for dinner.

Bugs & beastie

HE SAID:

Our meet up with Rick was fun. He's good company. And, I got some naughty elevenses! Varena took the opportunity of a lay day to do some catching up with her orchid photos and information.

The late afternoon was unusual, as we were rammed from behind by another caravan trying to position themselves on the site behind us. There is a slight slope, so I guess that if they left the van handbrake off, or it failed, they would certainly roll downhill and hit us. When they hit us it was quite a lurch we took. We both darted out of our van straight away to find their van hard up against ours, with the female of the couple, 2 small dogs (miniature collie x?) in tow, looking at the collision site. She told me that their brake must have failed, that they had had nothing but trouble with their van, that they hadn't used their van for months, and she seemed quite remorseful. So, I took some photos and said that I'd pop along after they had set up properly and get driver license details, just in case we noticed some damage later. When I wandered back about half an hour later the woman had had a change of attitude and was blaming us for having parked our van an inch over the line marking the sites. We know this isn't correct as we spent considerable time making sure that we were within our site when we set up, even though it wouldn't matter if we were over the line a touch. You can't go around ramming caravans. I reported the incident to the van park staff, who said they'd advise their manager. One of the staff members came around shortly afterwards and said that it would be on CCTV if needed later.

I'll regularly check our van over the next couple of relocations, just in case I see any damage, such as cracked welds, or bent struts, or anything amiss.

The curry for dinner was very good, as usual.