A 'bridge too far'' to climb so we sailed under it!

Wednesday 31st January 2007

Another ‘moochy’ day today – some people may be pleased to know that the weather is not what it was ie there is a mixture of sun and cloud (sometimes welcome) but the temperatures are still high.

First thing, we went to book our car hire from the Trailfinders office in Sydney – only about a 10 minute walk from our hotel. Trailfinders arrangements have been brilliant and when we asked the hotel about car hire, and then looked on the web for ourselves, they all came in at about double the price that Trailfinders could book us with Avis. This was the only car booking we needed to do as all others were done before we left. So booked the car, then went to book a Captain Cook’s Cruise (dinner cruise) around Sydney Harbour for this evening.

We decided to get the public ferry to Manley – another beach and suburb of Sydney about half an hour away on the ferry, mostly for the experience of going on the ferry. Manley was lovely and we just had a couple of hours relaxing and reading on the beach.

Sid has started jogging again since we’ve been in Sydney and so he had his second run today. Don’t know how he manages it in the heat but he enjoys it and said he had a lovely run right through the Botanical Gardens and around that bit of the harbour.

We thought the dinner cruise might be a bit naff but in fact it was wonderful. Sydney all lit up at night from huge viewing windows, good quality cabaret, background singers/group and really nice food. The cruise picked us up from Darling Harbour and dropped us back there, and lasted about two and a half hours altogether and well worth the very reasonable price.


Packed cases when we got back and don’t understand how they are get fuller and fuller with every packing, without any (or many) additional purchases. Another one of life’s mysteries.


Talking of which, I should say that my ‘quiz’ has caused some controversy in a certain Ludlow household. Jane, who was an easy winner of the quiz is in danger of suffering ridicule from David, who has kindly posted two comments on the blog (click ‘comments’ on entry headed ‘Lucky we posted the ski jackets’ if you’d like to see them). I wouldn’t dare say he’s poured cold water on another urban myth, but he has. My mum reckons her first school project, aged 11, – yes a little while ago – was on magnetism and polarisation and so, to this day, she is a ‘believer’.