Meg and I have really enjoyed our time at the Hilton as part of Ashford Hospitals Baby Bliss program.

Having somewhere in Adelaide to stay with midwife support if we need it and where friends can come and visit us has helped us a lot.

There might be a rude shock exchanging the 5 star Hilton accomodation and going back to our shed in the hills of country Clare, but the three of us will deal with it - we’ll have to!

At least technology has kept pace with our needs and I can use my mobile as a modem to access 3G broadband from our room at a reasonable rate. This allows me to keep in touch with the world and get some some work done in the quiet times.

Thanks to all the visitors that came and spent some time with us!

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After a few weeks waiting for parts, Penfold the ride on mower is back up and mowing again.

It took a few goes to get the right bit, but we got there in the end with the correct part being delivered after a few false starts.

Installation wasn’t too hard and after pumping up the front tyres, filling with fuel and with a quick check over the machine we were slowly putting around again.

Even though I’ve spent hours on previous weekends pushing the standard Victa around some of the more important parts, the grass has grown very high in just three weeks. Below the shed I couldn’t even see the difference between where I would normally mow and where I haven’t mown before and just made it up again.

A few hours on the mower combined with a wander around with the brushcutter has me feeling a little better about the fire risk as well as being able to see snakes more easily.

I also caught up with a neighbour who has some lambs to put in our stock paddock again. I wonder if we’ll be able to see them though the grass when they first go in?