Camping, cousins young and not so!

 The winter is fading into the background of our year and so we joined friends for a weekend of camping in a teeny town called Dannevirke. (originally established by the Danish - hence the unexpected name).
 The campsite was no five star affair, but had all the basic amenities that one looks for and we had a terrific 'getaway' - meeting loads of new folks and making serious decisions about acquisitions that we should think about!


Being the 'Big Day' of the World Cup - the campers were asked (politely!) to dress in the colour (or non-colour, whichever way you might look at it) and prepare for an evening of rugby madness at the Dannevirke Club.
We walked from the campsite to the club en masse and attracted honking horns and waves and cheers from all the passing traffic! Armed with balloons and all in black, we were hardly unobtrusive - it was still light though - had it
been dark nobody would have seen us!!!

Just before setting off - posed for a group photograph - if you had Super Vision, you would notice that at least four of these 'all black supporters' have blood which runs green! But in the event of the best team being out, we will camouflage our disappointment and wear the black of self-respecting mourners!!

The author and co have re-experienced the joys of camping in a tent - our creaking backs and knees are giving us pause to consider keeping our tent for the 'emergency shelter' when out and about on the motorbike, and investing in something a little more sedate for our adventures in New Zealand.

 On a different note - my dear, dear friend Rozanne, who now resides in the USA, took this photograph - she really must have felt a tingle of homesickness, however far away the reality is! Don't you just love the population count?

I have to put this up for our followers to see - THIS is something that I do not have the courage to do - not if my life depended on it, I don't think - so CHEERS to my cousin Patty!!
Amazing!
For those who are either half asleep or didn't look closely - this is Sydney, Australia - from the top of the bridge!! EISH!

Thanks to the children for sending this picture of our two new grandsons - cousins Estan and Henri - in their onesies from us in Whanganui. (parcels finally both arriving after some very anxious months!) 

The volcano and river being represented and the maori wording meaning - "I am the river and the river is me" 

Cuteness! Dis al!