Woke up in Penola to cool grey and drizzly skies which was FAD for our drive. It was about 4.5 hrs to our lodgings in Harcourt North for 4 nights – Ferguson Windy Hill. A luxurious B&B&W – the W obviously referring to Wine – on a hill (with wind apparently) overlooking a lovely valley. Peace and Quiet personified. First up though, some thriving metropolises to navigate.
2 hrs out of Penola was our first stop of Murtoa. Luckily it was bin day and the place was jumping
Then we started up our SAT NAV and it seemed to want to go down an odd street off the highway on our way to St Arnaud? It appears in Victoria SAT stands for Silo Art Trail? Nice find
Drove through Horsham to our lunch destination of St Arnaud, or more exactly The Country Kitchen. Man I thought I was back in Maryhole with Bogans to the left of me and old farts to the right. We were in no great rush but simply annoys me when an old couple interact with a moron at register and takes 15 mins to order a pie and chips! We just went for the pie.
Before you could say pop my cork we were on road again and turning into our B&B&W.
The host was a handsome devil who reminded me of someone but cant place it . Caught up on all the latest news or at least 2 weeks worth having recently spent time with them at The Wedding. This daylight saving nonsense was making it hard to justify drinking before 5 pm especially now the bloody sun was out. We pushed on through though and started with a not too shabby Verve Cliquot 2008. Apparently the older this alcohol stuff is the better it is ? Then time to drink some red, bruise some steaks and warm some Waygu
It would have been rude not to eat this fine offering so hooked in as we found another bottle to wash it down. The sun had set by now so must be time for games and Espresso Martinis. What could go wrong? Have to say not a big fan of the canned variety of EM but these were delightful
Certainly cured any tifs we may have had and also cleaned out my sinuses. Our room was in the West Wing so we waddled down eventually and prepared for the next day. The weather is rather glorious but of course always variable. Todays forecast of 6 – 17 and mostly sunny is perfect
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