8(eight) yes, 8 sleeps to go. I am getting a little nervous, hoping we don't have a repeat of the several minor and one major problem we had last year.

I finally replaced the battery today. Last one did well, over 4 years. Better to do it now rather than in the outback, where the garages are few and  far between.

 Tomorrow marks a significant anniversary. It will be one whole year since I retired and wow, has the time flown.  One of the first questions people ask me when I tell them I have retired is "What do you do with your time?"  With my numerous hobbies, and the long term maintenance of the Austin, I have never once felt bored or at a loose end. I don't even have time for golf which I have not played for 10 years or so.