A quick visit this time
Drove up on Friday night and persuaded Justin to stop in Kyneton for dinner (as I'd done with Alex).
Made a booking at Fook Shing - which had been recommended last time
Photo from the internet
We weren't sure what to order, and mentioned the banquet to the waiter, but that we were in transit, and needed to be in Inglewood after dinner, so didn't want to take too long. He said the banquet would take about 1.5 hours, and given that it was only around 6.45, we gave it a go
And aren't we glad we did
We started with the Asian style broth - and it was so delicious, and then each dish afterwards was likewise delicious.
We were very glad that we stopped here
Finished up around 8.30, and got to Inglewood around 9.45 or so - there were parts where the speed limit was down to 40kph
Saturday, and Justin made me breakfast in bed, which was very nice of him, but we didn't dilly dally for too long, as we decided to do some painting also - 2nd coat of the skirting
Justin also did the door
On inspecting the garden I found the first early jonquil
And the orange tree was also looking quite bountiful
Nick the potential new underpinner arrived later in the afternoon - around 3pm, and we showed him around. He seemed nice, and also seemed to know what he was talking about it, but said he needed his engineer to assess it to say where and how many pins to include. He gave the engineer (who lives in Sunbury) a call, and he was close by in Castlemaine - so came within the hour. Nick came back too
Ray - the engineer seemed to think it was all do-able, and was Nick was suggesting that he take up the boards in the kitchen and underpin from in there - as the floor also required restumping. This was in preference to pulling up the veranda - which he had said would ruin the boards, as they couldn't be re-used
Ray was also suggesting pulling up some of the boards in the back hallway and putting a pin between the bathroom door and scullery door, and then another one or two pins along the back hallway wall.
We need to send Ray the plans of the house - so that he can work it all out (have done so, but now Ray has covid, so is not at work, and we're still waiting)
Anyway, that was all good, and it was the 1st Saturday of the month - so we went up to the Village Green in Kingower to see our friends. Was a bit rainy, so we sat in the rotunda at first, but Terry had a fire going in the brazier, and it soon took hold, and gave out some lovely heat.
Given that last time I'd gone to one of these, I had come back smelling of smoke, I went in my painting overalls - don't care if they get smoky. They gave me a bit of stick about that.
Didn't stay too long (as we didn't bring chairs) - and we were going to have an easy dinner back at the house
Ended up having a picnic dinner in bed and watched a movie - nice! (can't remember what it was)
Saturday, and only a modest breakfast for Justin in bed, as we were having lunch at Karen's back in Melbourne, and any lunch there is bound to go through til dinner time (which it did) - so best not to eat too much beforehand .
Packed up and left around 10.30 or so
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