300 Rallies!!!

We had something to celebrate at the caravan club rally at Mawley Park, Masterton, over the weekend.  This was the occasion of our 300th rally, and Vice President Derek did the honours and presented us with our 300th rally bars sent down from the parent body, Camping and Caravanning New Zealand (CCNZ).

300th Rally presentation

It had been many years since our club had stayed at Mawley Park Motor Camp, which has recently received a major face lift.   The new kitchen, TV room  and ablution blocks are sparkling clean and a delight to use, and work on the grounds is in the pipeline.  The new managers Jelena and Rodney were very welcoming, and set up the TV room for us to use for our “Pot Luck” meal on Saturday evening, bringing in extra tables and chairs for our use.   And what a great meal we had, the cooks amongst us produced a wonderful assortment of mains and desserts for everyone to share.  As well as our geriatric lot, the managers also had 110 school age hockey players and assorted adult helpers in the adjacent motel units, so the camp was very full.

On site at Mawley Park

There was no TV in Geoff and Eileen’s caravan over the weekend, much to their disgust.  Something to do with the power supply not working in the automatic television aerial.  With the help of Robin’s ladder Geoff climbed up and wiggled the wires around to see if that would help, but no, still no TV signal.  The other men all came to lend their support and offer helpful suggestions, as they are apt to do.  Looks like this will have to be a job for a professional.

Geoff and his support crew

There was another celebration over the weekend.  Selwyn turns 70 during the week, and we all shared a slice of chocolate birthday cake to help him celebrate. 

Would you like a piece of cake?

Our cat Muffy had quite a lazy weekend at the camp.  She was quite comfortable sleeping the weekend away inside the caravan.  The new camp managers were quite interested to meet her, and Jelena had such a nice long cuddle with Muffy, I was worried that she might not give her back to me.

Camp manager Jelena with Muffy

We had a great weekend, very laid back as usual, with lots of relaxation and chat.  The company was convivial, the weather was nice and sunny,what could be better than a weekend away with our caravan buddies.