Day 65
We had an early start today, packing the
cars and setting off to beat the traffic.
We were taking two cars for a more comfortable ride and so we arranged
to pick up Keith and Jill in Pymble on the way as Adam, Nic and Arlo would be
following on later.
I had Cerys in with me so we were to have
Keith and Jill with us so, after loading their luggage in Justin’s car we set
off on the Pacific Freeway up towards the central coast. We stopped halfway for some breakfast before
turning off the Freeway and heading towards Hunter Valley. As we approached a
town called Cessnock the signs said welcome to the mining country and we went
through a little town called Aberdare and along a street called Neath
road. I felt quite at home.
We soon arrived in the beautiful Hunter
Valley and headed towards our home for the next few days in the Vintage Estate.
After unpacking the cars and settling in we
went for a short drive to the Tyrells Estate vinyards and its cellar door. This is my favourite vinyard of those visited
during my previous visits. It has kept
the original old buildings from the birth of the estate and they make ideal
points of interest within the grounds.
We then entered the main building and
enjoyed an informative and enjoyable wine tasting. I decided to join the founders club, which
meant that I could have discounts off anything bought on the premises by
committing to two 6 bottle cases of wine per year. These were to be delivered to Justin and Amy
and they have promised to keep them for me when they arrive. The first case
though, I took with me, Hunter Valley Semillon, HDV Semillon and Verdelho, all
from the Tyrell’s vinyards.
When Jill and Keith had bought theirs, we drove to the Gundog Winery, but when we got there we had a call from Nic saying she
had arrived at the house, so Amy and I set off with Dylan to meet her, leaving
the others to carry on with their tasting before joining us later.
We met up with Nic and the others were not
far behind us. Shortly after thoug,h we got a call from Adam saying when he
would be arriving by train in Gosforth. So Nic and Amy set off to pick him up
while Justin did a barbeque for the kids.
After the others returned with Adam we all
settled down and had our own barbeque prepared and cooked by Adam. It was all delicious and washed down with Hunter
Valley wine recently purchased.
I left the others up while I then went for
an early night as I had to be at Petersons vineyard at 5.00am the following
morning to take part in a balloon flight, a birthday present off the kids. My
Alarm was set for 4.00am as I had to arrive at the site no later than 5.00
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