Christmas in Timaru
Today we moved a short distance (about a 100 miles) up the
coast towards Christchurch which we will see tomorrow. The city of Timaru is a
container port. It is still prettier than most ports. Most places are closed but
not all. On the way up here there would have been no problem at all getting
provisions – small supermarkets or diesel (all seem to have credit card pumps).
We had our earliest check-in to date at the camper site at 2pm. I had pre booked
and expected to find a note telling us which pitch to use. But I had to ring
for attention and the receptionist / owner came down. I felt guilty with it
being Christmas but she was quite happy.
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| Merry Christmas from the Wood Family |
I got worried when I saw no BBQ area on the site map. I
asked and was issued with our own BBQ unit to have at our pitch – marvellous.
The weather is changeable but not the hurricane of the UK at the moment so we
had hazy sunshine for our BBQ Christmas lunch with not a sprout in sight. I couldn't
decide on wine or beer so had both – it’s Christmas after all. So just like it
will be in the UK at 4pm on Christmas day I feel like a snooze.
So that’s it really. I hope everyone I know has a great
Christmas and that the winds have eased. After all the winds will be back once
you have eaten those evil sprouts.
What I learned today:
- Chatting via txt to someone when their time of day is 3am and they are pissed means it will not make much sense. Doubly so when you are trying to do this in Welsh with an auto correct in English.
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