Jan and Lyndon

Mick has been out on the truck training, it was his first day on Monday and he was worried that he would not pick the gearbox up too quickly, but when he came back he was really pleased with himself as he thought it had gone very well.

Mick is training in the truck which is arrowed here...



He did his training in the morning, and Wolf's was in the afternoon, and when he came back we went to the shopping mall for a walk and had something to eat.
The only problem with the shopping malls is that you have to dress up for the low temperatures outside, but when you walk into the mall you immediately break out into a sweat and have to start pulling layers off.

Its the same everywhere you go indoors, but one thing I have noticed, is that even though it's cold it has been bright and sunny.


In the evening we met up with Javi, Inga and Wolf.
Javi has now gone on his mentor trip with Jim, one of the professional tourists.
He and Inga were in the Sandman Hotel but moved into The Lethbridge Lodge where we are based, Inga will be better off here whilst she is on her own because it is nearer all the amenities.
Hopefully Inga will keep me company and we will get a bit of exercise in the hotel pool.



Mick decided to give Lyndon a ring and say hello yesterday, as he has given a lot of info on his blog about coming out here to work. He got in touch with Lyndon using Skypeout and when he came online he sounded a bit groggy, but it was because he had just woken up, but after a short chat he said he would ring us back.


About an hour later Lyndon rang us back with a plan!
Another couple from Ripon were in the Sandman Hotel on a recce trip, and they were kind enough to pick us up in their hire car so we could all go down to visit Lyndon and family.

Jan and Lyndon had gone to a lot of trouble to put a spread on for us all, and they had insisted we stay the night, so we had a very good feed and drink and a good chin wag before turning in.
The other couple, Mick and Barbara, are hoping to travel together in the truck next year across Canada and the lower 48, the same as us, so we wish them all the very best.

We also got to see their (Lyndon's pride and joy) wood burning furnace in the basement, which keeps the den at a constant 400 degrees!
There was also a nice young Canadian sounding lad in the house, who we think was a Brit at one time, many moons ago (Hi Luke!).
Thanks again to Lyndon and Jan for the hospitality.

In the morning, Mick and Barbara brought us back up to their hotel and we had a walk back to ours, collecting our laundry at 'King Koin' on the way back, then after some breakfast and a bit of a chill out, Mick went off to driver training again, and I am slobbing about in the suite.