Today we had to drive to Raymond Terrace to pick up the new tiles for our kitchen.
One of the sayings at our house is 'The weather changes at Bobs Farm' which came about one day a few years ago when we were going to the Steamfest at Maitland and it was raining at home. I did wonder if we should go to the Steamfest but David said 'Don't worry the weather changes at Bobs Farm and it will be beautiful weather in Maitland.' Of course, he was right and on that day the weather did change for the better.
The same thing happens vice versa too on many occasions and it always makes us smile.
Well today we left home for Raymond Terrace (50 km) in glorious sunshine (such a change after all our rain) but by the time we got to Raymond Terrace the sky looked blacker and blacker.
We returned home after picking up the tiles and at Bobs Farm (which is about 15 km from home) the weather was beautiful again.
Top Picture - Bobs Farm
Centre Picture - Raymond Terrace
Bottom Picture - Bobs Farm again
The story doesn't end here and when we brought the boxes of tiles in from the car I said to David 'you had better check they are the right tiles' Good job I said that because they had given us the wrong ones, so we had to ring the tile company and they said that they had two orders with the same amount of tiles and we were given the wrong boxes.
We asked them what time they closed and they said 5 pm so at just before 4 pm we jumped in the car to return to Raymond Terrace to change the tiles.
It was still sunny at home so we didn't expect any problems weather-wise.
The story continues tomorrow of our return trip to Raymond Terrace .........
Gracious Babs, pity you didn’t think to ask that question as you put them in the car! Wise after the event 🤣! Love your story about Bobs Farm. We always see brighter better weather when we come to the roundabout at St Michaels. The weather is is always better at our end .I think it’s something to do with leaving the hills & coming nearer the coast. Also you notice because you come out of an avenue if trees.
@happypat It did cross my mind to check the tiles were the right ones as we were driving there, but by the time we got there the rain had started, I stayed in the car and left David to deal with it. The chap at the tile place put them in the boot of the car because they were heavy so it never thought to check them then.
Apparently there were two orders of the same size and number of tiles and the boxes looked identical, it was only the serial number that was slightly different and the chap picked up the wrong boxes.
@onewing If fuel is as expensive in Australia as it is here now it would be a bit if a costly trip….you automatically expect then to get the order right so can see how it happened! It would be a trip out after all your staying homes! 🤣🤣🤣😘
Now I can't wait until tomorrow to continue reading your store. it's always best to quickly check one box or both at the store before leaving. foresight is better than hindsight
@kjarn diesel went up 19p overnight to £1.79.9 Kathy…I was shocked. Petrol was £1.63.9. I think it will go up even more too. You can tell by the fewer cars on the road during the day too…..almost like another lockdown. 😨
@happypat my daughter lives in Aldershot and she said it’s £1.80 but of course none of it means anything to me being in pounds 😂 All I know is that ours has jumped for $1.80 to $2.05 per litre
It reminds me of Houston - there we sometimes have 4 seasons in one day!
@happypat It did cross my mind to check the tiles were the right ones as we were driving there, but by the time we got there the rain had started, I stayed in the car and left David to deal with it. The chap at the tile place put them in the boot of the car because they were heavy so it never thought to check them then.
Apparently there were two orders of the same size and number of tiles and the boxes looked identical, it was only the serial number that was slightly different and the chap picked up the wrong boxes.
@happypat I don't know how much you guys are paying for petrol but our prices have skyrocketed
Just checked the conversion and 1.80 GBP for diesel in the UK is $3.24 AUD
and
1.64 GBP for petrol in the UK is $2.96 AUD
So I don't think we are doing to badly at the moment Kathy