It was certainly wintry conditions at Paekakariki over the weekend. Fierce winds, heavy rain, and a good display of thunder and lightning in the evening just to liven things up a bit. The Spring weather was beaten into submission by Winter. Only three caravans made it this time, but what we lacked in numbers, we made up for in enthusiasm.
The camp is looking nice and tidy and the managers have certainly been busy adding little touches. New planters have been added alongside the road through the camp. Planted with bulbs and pansies they look very pretty. Driftwood has been attached around the outside, giving the planters a seaside flavour. They looked very attractive scattered about the camp.
Just across from our camp sites was something quite large being constructed. What was it, we wondered. The suggestions came in thick and fast. Perhaps it is the floor for a recreation hall, Bill thought, the camp could certainly do with one of those. Others thought not. Maybe it’s a children's playground, with swings and slides and other such attractions to be added. There was only one thing for it, we will have to ask the managers. As it turned out, it will be for children. It is the base for one of those a bouncy air castles.
We gathered in our caravan on Saturday evening and Bill had organised a little game for us. We had to pick out a folded piece of paper each, which each contained a letter of the alphabet. Using whatever letter was chosen, the task was to write a story as if giving a morning talk in class featuring that particular letter. It wasn’t so hard for me, as I had chosen “C”. Other’s had much more difficult letters to work with. Robin pulled out “Q”, Pamela had “Y”, and Barbara had “Z” to write about. A bit of concentration, and the words soon flowed. Once written, we had to read our composition out. As is usually the way, the best weather arrived on Sunday morning. The rain had cleared, the strong winds had died down, and it was finally warm enough to sit outside in the sunshine for morning tea.
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