BBQ in the rain

Romany Rambler: Travelled 19830Km; 340 Nights Away

The heavens opened and the rain came down but caravanners are a hardy lot. On went the rain jackets and we carried on with our weekend rally at Opaki School.    The weatherman had promised us hail as well, but luckily that didn’t eventuate.  A BBQ was on the agenda for Saturday evening, so the men in charge set themselves up under the school veranda and got on with cooking a large amount of sausages and onions. 

Sausages, anyone?

After our evening meal, we met back in the hall for a musical interlude.  The music was provided by Roy on organ and Graeme on his ukulele banjo.  Everyone joined in to all the old sing-along songs – we all seemed to remember the words to these old tunes from years gone by.

  The musicians, Roy and Graeme

While the musicians were taking a well earned break, Derek provided a floor show with his remotely controlled battery powered model motor home.  He set up some cones as an obstacle course and proceeded to show us just how it worked.  Oh dear, it seemed to work better travelling backwards, rather than going forwards! Something to do with the polished floors!  Robin had a good look at the model later in the evening and was interested to find that all the doors and windows opened, as did the roof vent.

Has your motor home shrunk in the rain?

The weekend rally concluded on Monday morning, after morning tea and all the raffles had been drawn.  Sadly, not a single raffle prize went home with one of our club members.  Never mind, it was a great weekend rally, very well organized, and full  of fun.  Our caravan club will be in charge of running the next Regional Rally in two years time, so we will have to put our thinking caps on and come up with some good ideas.

  Heretaunga Caravan Club members