Good Friday, day one of my wee break. I woke up to Gideon Coe on Radio 6 and the music this morning was just brill, so I lay in bed a wee bit longer than usual to savour it. Only 20 mins, but it was nice to be able to do that without having to rush,

Today was all about going for a walk and going passed a line of cars that I’ve seen when I’m on my way to work. Mostly old British marks, including an MGB, Rolls Royce, Mark 10 Jag, XJ6, and an XJS, only the Rolls is in good nick though and I think that the number plates on each of the cars would be more valuable to the owners.

I wandered down by the river and then into Ipswich town centre and headed up to the highest point which is called Denmark Hill. According to my tracker it is 76 metres higher than where my house is but as Ipswich is such a hilly place my calf muscles really got a workout today.

I enjoy walking around looking at the many old houses they have here. Some are very small miner cottages and in a few streets you can see the old houses that are huge in comparison. A lot of the city has houses over a hundred years old which for an Australian town is a bit special. Ipswich is the oldest town in Queensland and has been here since 1843 and there are a few houses which date from that time, these houses would have belonged to the wealthy landowners of the day but as time passed the land was sold and subdivided and smaller homes were built and there are some parts of the city where you can see streets and streets of small miner cottages which are really quite cute.

I walked through two parks on me travels and did few reps of chin ups and by the time I got home I was ready for a strong cup of coffee which tasted absolutely marvellous,

I made lunch from a Jalfrezi mix, using chicken and sweet potato and cooked some rice.

That was it more or less for the day, did a few things online and then watched TV until it was time to snooze. Mind you I was feeling a wee bit weary after my walk today. My legs were beginning to get a bit stiff and no doubt when I wake up in the morning I’ll feel it a bit more.

Tomorrow I want to do some painting and get that finished and I also want to do a bit of work in the garden over the next few days and if the weather is good I’ll even go for a run on the bike.