It was a chilly night here on Meadowbank Farm outside Roma. We broke out the sleeping bags which we use as quilts, and slept snugly, but it was very cool getting dressed this morning, 6 degrees. It's going to be a lovely day, mid-twenties predicted.
We'll go into town today and see the sights, and will eat out this evening. I'd actually forgotten it was my birthday today but Chris remembered. He gave me some pegs! (He'd already given me my birthday gift before we left home).
This is a beef cattle farm, and the owner, Pat, a widow, was telling us how difficult life has been lately. She looks like she's had hard times. The drought forced them to sell off their breeding stock and she said it's very difficult to build it up again to the quality they had previously. It still looks very dry here. There's no river frontage but they have a bore. It's the sort of place where they never throw anything out, which explains the museum onsite. Various tractors adorn the yard, and at least two old cars. We'll get Pat to let us into the museum sometime, apparently it takes at least 90 minutes to look at it.
More later
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