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Saturday 1 June 2019

Foxton Beach

Why have a three day weekend away when we can go a day early and have four days?  So that s what we did, arriving at the Manawatu Caravan Club grounds at Foxton Beach on Thursday.  This camp has a large number of static caravans on site, with an area set aside for visitors, like us.  Just three vans took the opportunity, as we did, to arrive a day early.  The others ambled in on Friday.  The weather was marginal, with strong winds and rain forecast over the weekend, so we were pleased we arrived when we did.

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Manawatu Caravan Club grounds.

Robin was facing a “dry weekend” without a bottle of beer in the van, so we had to take a trip to the supermarket to remedy this oversight.  On the way back to camp we stopped off to have a look at the beach.  There were a few hardy souls out for a brisk beach walk, with the wind surely blowing any cobwebs away.

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Foxton Beach

Most club members were on site in time for 4zees on Friday.  Luckily we had use of the hall over the weekend.

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Heretaunga Caravan Club vans on site

Our entertainment on Friday night was the film “Catch me if you Can”,  the true story of Frank Abagnale Jnr.  Between the ages of 15 and 21 he forged cheques and assumed the eight new identities including those of an airline pilot, a lawyer, a doctor and a prison agent.  He was finally caught by an FBI Agent who was obsessed with his capture.  After serving five years in prison, the FBI offers Frank a deal by which he can live out the remainder of his sentence working for the bank fraud department of the FBI, which Frank accepts.  He is currently a consultant and lecturer for the FBI academy and field offices. He also runs Abagnale & Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company.  Starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Tom Hanks, this intriguing true story was one which most of us had never heard of before.

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Friday was Movie Night

This promises to be a busy weekend, with the AGM taking place, and a meal out on Saturday evening.

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