Sunday Feb 28, 2010 – Trip to Sheffield.

We decided to head out and see how much I could do. Our first stop was a Sunday market in Penguin. It was an indoor market so weather does not play a part. It was fun to see but not much there for us. It was very different from the market at Hobart.

Having decided to go via Devonport to get to Sterling we found a mini putt course. We stopped to play. It was lots of fun. I still have trouble getting the ball up multiple levels. We were able to eat lunch at a picnic table there. It was a nice spot beside the river. It was again very windy as we tried to eat. It was bright and sunny but not too hot because of the wind.

Sheffield is a small town that has put its self on the map with murals. There were lots of murals painted on the sides of buildings. To see them took one all over town. Even though it was Sunday many of the businesses were open. The murals depicted life in the past around the town. They were wonderful to look at and very well done considering all the different types of walls they were done on. What a great way to bring people into your town.

Off we went again to one more stop before heading home. We started out on the wrong road but I found a cross road that joined to the correct road. As always it was a much narrower road full of bents and twists. One good thing was it ended at the next road. We stopped at Lower Crackpot. It is an attraction with a whimsical small village and 4 mazes. The man who built this attraction had a good sense of humour. We did two of mazes. The first one we did not do correctly as we never go to the middle. It was the Hampton Court Maze. We did not know what the goal of this one was. The second one we did was the Confusion Maze. Here we had to reach the tree in the centre which we did. Charles did the Yellow Brick Road Maze alone as it was a lavender maze which upset my asthma. It started to rain just as we finished up. If it had not been raining we would have gone back and done the first maze again. It was great experience. People here seem to take part of their property and turn it into a tourist attraction out in the middle of nowhere.

We took the back roads back to the highway. On the way we saw a large hydro dam through the trees. Charles would have liked to see it up close. Above the dam we saw the Wilmot Power Station. At the lookout we saw Lake Cethana the dam created. We worked our way down into valleys and then out again, over hills then down to the seaside.

What a wonderful day. I am so glad to be able to have accomplished so much. I felt so much better as the day wore on.