Weekending again

Before the drama that was 2020 I rarely did weekending posts. After all, weekends are times when I did things, and no one is interested in that, right? And now I feel a need to document the things I did on the weekend, the leaving my 5 kilometre and 25 kilometre areas, to celebrate seeing friends.

This weekend we started with a trip to Ballarat to play disc golf and visit some breweries. Originally we were invited to an old friend's housewarming, but when the government reduced the number of people allowed in a house he cancelled the party. It is back up to 30, but still no party. We went with the rest of our plan. It's brand new, and very nice disc golf course.

On the drive up I finished my Sock Arms Jumper. It's blocking now, modeled photos to follow, and started a pair of socks.

Then on Sunday Lu organised an introduction to indoor rock climbing. We've been wanting to try this for years, but not enough to organise it. It was quite fun, and I think we will do some more. Maybe next time I'll remember to take photos.

And now I'm spending some time spinning. We have a public holiday on Tuesday, and I'm hoping to at least get this bobbin (5 of 6 ) finished.

For those of you who are not yet in a time and place where getting out and about is possible, hang on, I know how hard it is. Hang on, stay safe, your time is coming too.

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