racing

Well, it’s been a day of racing.

first up jane did a 10k run round our neighbourhood in a race thing whilst the girls and i went to church

the timing of the race and service meant we could be at the finish line to see jane arrive, and we even passed her earlier on in the race as we drove back from church.

she did great !  And Esther is an absolute star at encouraging runners:  we sat for 20 minutes or so in the drizzle clapping and shouting encouraging things to runners, walkers and cyclists as they came over the line

they even gave free toast to spectators

jane went back home to get changed whilst the girls and i wandered over to the local remote control racing course.  it’s a concrete, permanent feature and is fab.  makes you want to run out and buy a remote control car !

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anyway, because we stayed a little too long there we didn’t get to the church picnic which was happening at a local beach until about 12.45.  it was due to start at 12 but was ‘weather dependent’. 

now, being british, we all know a picnic NEVER gets called off.  it just relocated in to the car, so we assumed it would still be on despite a few drops of drizzle. 

when we got there we were the only people there, but that was fine as it turned out the lady who had organised it was also interested in being sporty in races and things, so jane and her agreed to do some triathlons and go out cycling !

since we didn’t have a picnic and no one else was there, we decided to do the walk to Takapuna and the cafe where jane and i had breakfast yesterday.

it’s better to do the walk at low tide so you don’t have to scramble on the rocks.  but it was high tide and the girls insisted on doing the walk bare foot.  it was great !

at Takapuna we bought ice-creams and sat on the beach.  whilst we sat there we were offered free iced tea by a passing ice-tea promoter and received water, hair bands, some posh sunglasses and various vouchers from a local radio station presenter who was also doing some promotion. (in fact i think i saw her giving a traffic warden some t-shirts so she didn’t get a ticket !)

we passed some incredibly posh houses which were always good for a mooch.  this house even had it’s own lift to get up the beach cliff !

here are some gratuitous pictures of the girls wearing the free sunglasses !

jane’s suggested i don’t tell you what’s happening tomorrow otherwise we end up telling you twice.  so i won’t.  it’s more exciting that way.  and in a way reflects my own life as i never have a clue what’s happening next !   See ya