Let's Go Shopping.

It has to be said that we are having to approach our provisioning a little like a military campaign. This is no different to the residents of Scotland Island BTW. If we are going ashore, what can we achieve while we are there? Answer: the rubbish run, the laundry AND the shopping. Firstly we set off to the mainland across the channel in the 'tinnie' with the rubbish, the laundry in our sailing bags and the fold-down trolly to drag them on, coming ashore at the Commuter Wharf at Church Point. Depending on when one arrives, it can be VERY congested and we are extremely grateful to Peter and Debbie for loaning us their aluminium runabout (tinnie). Our tender, being an 'inflatable', would not survive the crush for even an hour. The Wharf is a floating jetty and every time a boat comes, goes or motors past the resulting 'wash' causes the whole lot to ripple like a Mexican waive and all the hulls crash together and strain against one another. Poor 'Marilyn', would finish up torn apart and not just sporting more spot patches. Once 'parked', we head for the bus stop to take the bus into Mona Vale. If we think that we have any postal items, we'll call into the little Letter Post Office on the way.

 The Commuter Wharf

Bonus! The Kindle arrived.

 

Once we arrive in Mona Vale, The Bloke is dispatched to drop off the laundry and then he is free to buy a paper and have a coffee while I attend to the shopping. This has to be achieved in the minimum time possible (The Bloke's unwritten rule) and my eventual arrival with 'the shopping' is always met with rolling eyes. We haven't located a coin operated laundromat here but the Laundry above the Aldi is excellent and the Philippino girls are super helpful and cheerful and the whole lot processed and folded by the time the shopping is completed. Rather than attempt to load the laundry plus shopping onto a bus, we call a cab to drop us back to Church Point. Phew, what a luxury!

The various shopping bags and laundry bags are then dragged down to the Wharf and loaded into the 'tinnie'.

Now to drive across the channel and back to Zofia and play 'Pass the Parcel' from 'tinnie' to yacht. Ooops, mind the gap!

 Labeling the cans before stowing them in lockers.

This is followed by 'the grand unpacking' and stowing of all the laundry and the groceries etc... Now, are there any questions about what we do all day?