Thursday 10 November 2011

Day 73

DAY 73 – Monday
Pancakes for breakfast after a bit of a sleep in.  Darren managed to get Johns tv running on 12volt, as it had previously only been working on 240volt.  Mitchell, Thomas and I had a Bocce competition.  Then we went into town and bought a surf board (Darren and I paid half and the boys paid a quarter each).  The boys were excited about trying it out so we headed straight to the beach.  The guy from the Surf Shop lent us a second one so that the boys could both surf at the same time.

Darren decided that listening to the boys’ lesson was enough for him, so he would have a go as well.  He did really well and stood up of the board a few times.  Thomas got sick of the water first, but Mitch was keen to keep going, so I stayed and watched Mitch, while Darren and Thomas went to get lunch.  They came back with pies which we all ate at the beach.  After 4 and ½ hours (much to Mitch’s disgust) we dragged him out of the water and headed back to camp.



Once we were back at camp, we decided we needed showers.  The camp itself had long drops and cold showers only, so Darren set up his portable shower and we all enjoyed a wash.  After that Thomas took Johns’ dog, Skipper, for a walk down the beach while we enjoyed a drink and some nibbles with John.

We invited John for tea and while we were sitting around before tea, another guy that was camping at the campground (Neil) decided to join us.  He bought prawns, fresh bread and a homemade cocktail sauce for us to share.  He told us that he once made that cocktail sauce for the queen.  Thomas was quick to get a copy of his recipe!  Neil finished up staying for tea as well.

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