Spit Roast for Dinner

We were parked all over our hosts front lawn for the weekend, caravans and campers tucked in just so, and surrounded with beautiful gardens.  The weather was fine but a little breezy, the birds were singing, and we could hear the stock calling out in the adjacent paddocks.  To remind us we were in rural surroundings  there was a notice up on the driveway explaining country ways to the townies.

It seemed that our Christmas Caravan Club Rally was all about food.  Which seems to be the way at functions, this time of year.  And the “piece de la resistance” was the spit roast hogget dinner on Saturday evening – our host Don is the master of the spit roast, and he was justifiably proud of his effort .  Yes, it tasted as great as it looked, and the smell of the meat slowly cooking was divine. 

Spit roast for dinner

On Saturday evening we had a small competition – the correct way to fold a fitted sheet.  Those darn things are not easy to fold neatly, and I always roll my sheets to put them away, so I was not even in the running for a prize.  At the end Selwyn showed us how it should be done, seems rather long winded but it does make it look nice.

Our hostess Sandra had made a beautiful Christmas Cake which was raffled with the funds going to the club coffers.  We were all quite keen to win, but it didn’t come home with us.  Lorraine was the lucky winner, with Don taking second prize.  Many thanks to Sandra for her generous offer, and well done to the winners.

The raffle winners

There’s something about opening up a bonnet to bring all the blokes over to have a look.  Seems that Robin was showing them the finer points of our new to us Jeep tow car.

What’s under here?

Our weekend concluded with Christmas Mince Pies for Sunday morning tea out in the sunshine, as the temperatures steadily grew higher.  Just as well most of us had sun glasses and shady hats on.

Kath with the morning tea

Most of us stayed on for lunch and sheltered under the caravan awnings.  My goodness, that sun was scorching hot.  Gemma was looking for shade too, here she is tucked under the caravan step, with just her head poking out.

Gemma under the step

It was a lovely weekend rally, our final one for the year - great weather, great company, and great food.  As we departed, we wished each other well for the festive season.  Some of us may well be meeting up again at the “Drop In” rally between Christmas and New Year, a very informal rally, so we will just have to see how the plans go.