Ritz Tocumwal diary day 2.

 

It’s January 2 and I get a bit frustrated as I can not find WIFI or internet. I asked around in town, talking to the different people, but with so many people visiting town at the moment, it’s not only me complaining but everyone else as well. But ,…the difference between them and me; they stay pretty calm under it. Should do that too.

A bit of a hectic morning, going to Cobram – about 10 k. from Toc.] to find new red gum chips for Dennis grave. In the end we found it and Dundee helped me to put it on to have it all ready for tproblem she offered to let me use her mobile phone as a LINK TO WIFI. Quickly I could read some of my messages but still about 100 to go.

                                                      Georgie to the left with her sister Rosie.

 

Was very sad to read about the death from Markku Kuittinen. I met him at several WGS’s and he won 2 of them. Jari will be here soon, so I will ask him more.omorrow. Lunch with Deslee at Chrissies Book Lounge,  where we were served by Chrissies daughter Georgie.  Georgie happened to work a lot for us in the past helping out in the restaurant and doing a great job. She still does now during her  holiday and is just a great girl. Straight away , when she heard from my

In the main street I caught up with Ken Ueyama, driving the most beautiful red vintage Mercedes. He is here to fly his 2 vintage toys.

Later at Sportaviation it was lovely to catch up with Chris and Linda Davison, who visited us in the past as well. Chris will fly here for a few days in the LS 4 and in the weekend they travel to Corowa again, to fly during his last week in Australia the ASH 31.

Another well known face was that from Peter Rafael. He still drives his little “moped”, to bring his Woodstock to the field. He does so since I met him in 1984.

 

In the evening we sat outside for pizza’s at my hostess Margies house and at 9 I dived in my bed , still struggling heaps with jet lag.