Day 107 - Good Friday 14 April - Happy Easter

Day 107

Good Friday

14 April 2017 –

Sale – Seaspray – Golden Beach – Longford

Easter in Sale. We were awake later, 8am and happy to read for a while as we let the light of the day leak into the van. It was fairly quiet where we were parked amongst the permanent residents, which was lovely. We got up just after 8.30am and made our way over to the toilet block for our shower before returning to the van. With the number of people here calling this place home, I was surprised that there wasn’t a cue for the one of the three showers, must have got in at the right time. 

We were in go-slow mode this morning with no real plans. After breakfast we took a wander around the park before heading out on the street and into the town centre, which of course, was relatively quiet. We did come across a hot rod show and shine that we happily wandered around before walking down the main mall, checking out the art and making the loop back to the van. 

It was hot cross bunny time by the time we returned and a milo went down well, being a little cooler. It was sunny when we woke, but the sun battled most morning with the blanket of cloud.

We packed up our lunch then it was off exploring. We drove out to Seaspray first of all. There were people fishing off a small jetty into the river but didn’t look like they were having much luck. From here we could see the beach and you could see straight away why the name Seaspray had stuck. The waves were whipping in and leaving a long white trail of water droplets behind them. 

The spray became even more apparent when we walked out onto the beach. As far as you could see, in both directions, was a white mist rolling off the top edge of the waves as they thundered into shore. It was almost like a sea fog was rolling in.

We were glad to get back to the car, as it was quite fresh outside and continue our journey. We followed the road back towards Sale, but then took the road towards Golden Beach. A school fete had us stopping for a brief look, but the rain began coming down and had us scurrying back to the shelter of the car.

About 30min later we reached Golden Beach. The weather hadn’t improved, though it was no longer raining. We grabbed our lunch bag and found a bench seat to sit at and eat. We didn’t hang around for long, eating, checking the water and then heading on.

Our final stop was the historic swing bridge in Longford that spans the river. You can’t drive over it and part of it was covered for repairs after vandals had taken to it. We were able to walk over it and chat to people fishing in the area catching carp. This didn’t interest Paul, who did have his fishing gear in the car. 

We returned to the car and made our way back to Sale, stopping quickly for a photo opportunity of tree with its autumn colours on show. 

We took it easy, once back at the van. I went through all the photos and finally got on top of backing everything up to my extra hard drive. Paul read his book and rang Bollsy for a chat.

I started dinner and danced around to the ipod to get my steps up and to keep warm. We ate and then went for a walk around the camp site and the greyhound track before returning to the van for quiet time before bed.