Valley Fiesta
The timing for my return to full health could not have been better. This weekend just gone was the Valley Fiesta and Kath and I along with Richard and Sarah hit the Valley for some live music, beer and food. Given that I've been cooped up for several weeks with the flu I was a bit excited to be getting out of Highgate Hill for the weekend. I'll try to give a rundown of what we got up to...
Friday: I got home from work after Kath, who had gone to the post office to pick up my latest supplies for the bike. We had planned to ride down to the Valley but spied a thunderstorm approaching and decided on Plan B instead. Plan B involved some homebrew and chips down in the garage, Kath with a new Vegan cookbook, me with my bike. We sat and watched the storm pass over, enjoying the rain and lightning. Once the storm passed we decided to head down for Vego Chinese in Sunnybank instead.
Saturday: We headed down to the markets for our weekly fruit and veg, and I took the bike down to the boys at Bicycle Revolution to pick up my new wheels. Long story short, no wheels... will have to wait until next week :( However they will be yellow and sound pretty awesome! We came home and I serviced Kath's bike (she'd broken a spoke in the prior week). After that we got ready for the Fiesta and jumped a bus down there.
We met up with Richard and Sarah and jumped between the different stages (they had three in total), had some beers and enjoyed the nice sunny afternoon. That night we saw some great (and free!) live music including: Numbers Radio, The Boat People and Blue Juice. The teenagers were out in force and we had some fun bouncing around in the middle of the crowd with them.
Sunday: After a nice sleep-in I made Kath and I a massive breakfast of veggie sausages, home made hash-browns and baked beans. I also put on some homebrew, an IPA (using some nice fresh Hallertau and Goldings hops). We then got on the bikes and rode around to Richard and Sarah's place in St. Lucia. From there we all rode around the river to the Valley, back to the Thai restaurant where we'd been the day before, and to exactly the same table! Got some great food and some well earned beers and then wandered around the markets down Brunswick street. We jumped back on the bikes and headed back along the river. We saw the City cat as we met the river near the Storey Bridge and we decided to race it home (like Kath and I used to race the no. 48 tram from the city to Hawthorn). We won! As such Sarah (who usually gets the cat to work) is now going to start riding to work. Kath and I rode the rest of the way home, collapsed into the couch and reflected on a truly tops weekend!
Friday: I got home from work after Kath, who had gone to the post office to pick up my latest supplies for the bike. We had planned to ride down to the Valley but spied a thunderstorm approaching and decided on Plan B instead. Plan B involved some homebrew and chips down in the garage, Kath with a new Vegan cookbook, me with my bike. We sat and watched the storm pass over, enjoying the rain and lightning. Once the storm passed we decided to head down for Vego Chinese in Sunnybank instead.
Saturday: We headed down to the markets for our weekly fruit and veg, and I took the bike down to the boys at Bicycle Revolution to pick up my new wheels. Long story short, no wheels... will have to wait until next week :( However they will be yellow and sound pretty awesome! We came home and I serviced Kath's bike (she'd broken a spoke in the prior week). After that we got ready for the Fiesta and jumped a bus down there.
We met up with Richard and Sarah and jumped between the different stages (they had three in total), had some beers and enjoyed the nice sunny afternoon. That night we saw some great (and free!) live music including: Numbers Radio, The Boat People and Blue Juice. The teenagers were out in force and we had some fun bouncing around in the middle of the crowd with them.
Sunday: After a nice sleep-in I made Kath and I a massive breakfast of veggie sausages, home made hash-browns and baked beans. I also put on some homebrew, an IPA (using some nice fresh Hallertau and Goldings hops). We then got on the bikes and rode around to Richard and Sarah's place in St. Lucia. From there we all rode around the river to the Valley, back to the Thai restaurant where we'd been the day before, and to exactly the same table! Got some great food and some well earned beers and then wandered around the markets down Brunswick street. We jumped back on the bikes and headed back along the river. We saw the City cat as we met the river near the Storey Bridge and we decided to race it home (like Kath and I used to race the no. 48 tram from the city to Hawthorn). We won! As such Sarah (who usually gets the cat to work) is now going to start riding to work. Kath and I rode the rest of the way home, collapsed into the couch and reflected on a truly tops weekend!
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