Keri Keri is a great little town with a fabulous Saturday morning market where we loaded up on fresh veges, free range eggs and a pot of lemon honey.

Where else would you find the Dog Whisperer's Choice specialized dog food?

We are parked behind the RSA where there is a huge paved area, along with a bunch of others. Saturday night saw us having a few drinks at the RSA to watch the ABs beat Wales on the big screen.

Checking out the range of vans, fifth wheelers, buses and house trucks is a fascinating hobby. They all have advantages and disadvantages. This one, belonging to Richard and Maureen, has outdoor living in the form of a cute fold out deck.

This house truck is built on is a 1966 truck and has been the owner's home for some years. Its awesome! The manual washing machine is mostly decorative but actually works.

I'm currently reading Gretchen Rubin's book about how we form habits. It's called Better Than Before. She wrote The Happiness Project which is also excellent and made her quite famous.  I'm trying to implement some of her ideas and I recommend the read if you want to assess yours. (I downloaded it to my Kindle). She has created a framework for how we respond to expectations which are both internally and externally motivated. It is an interesting concept I think as our daily habits have a huge impact on how we live.

One of the things about the travelling lifestyle is that existing good habits (eg exercise, getting up at a respectable hour) can easily go by the board to be replaced by the attractions of staying in bed to read in the mornings, not to mention the temptations of extended happy hours with new friends. We have retained some of the good ones though. We mostly eat well and Warren still brings me a cup of tea in the mornings.

While travelling has many compensations, there is a loss of regular activities, like walking groups, book club, yoga classes and Warren's regular music nights, and of course contact with friends. Of course with no jobs to go to the options are wide open.