It’s been a mad week since we got here. Jet lag seems to hit harder every year, and we were so tired for the first few days. Our first task was dropping Bertie in to get his awning fitted and also a bike rack. But when we got there, they said couldn’t fit the bike rack because of the modifications Mike had put in last year (dents). But they did fit the awning, but it’s been too windy to test it out yet.

So Mike decided he would fit the bike rack himself. First we took it to a panelbeater, and they told him how to get the dents out himself. So Mike gave it a go. But he banged on the wrong place and ended up putting more dents in. The problem with the dents was they left a big gap between where the rack would fit, but we figured we could just add more sealant to fill the gap. Brother Paul confirmed this should be ok (although it was hard for him to see properly)

So Mike set about putting up the first brackets for the bike rack, which would take 24 hours to dry. So we left them alone and went to the festival. We had an amazing time and there is a whole video on this, so I won’t say too much here.

So on top of jetlag, we also had 3 days of next to no sleep, and 1 whole day free before our ferry to France. In this time, we had to finish the bike rack, get all our clothes washed and dried, go to storage and pack up our van, and get the festival video edited and uploaded. Usually it takes me about a week to do a video, this one took about 6 hours!

Somehow, amazingly, we got almost everything done. Our sheets from last year haven’t been washed, but they will just have to wait until we find a laundromat.

Next stop. France.