Easter

 I went and gave a pint of blood on Tuesday afternoon. It was my 89th donation. I am hoping to get to 100 before they say I can’t do it anymore. As long as I stay healthy it should be ok.

It was busy on Thursday and Friday, with people coming in for the Easter weekend. Eddie had marked all the lines around the campsites last week and people still can’t park in the right place. He was guiding people down and making sure they knew where to go. We were full for the weekend, so the doubtful  weather didn’t put people off.  I did an hour in the office on Saturday to give Louise a break. 

Eddie can’t get over how much rubbish accumulates in a day. He had to do a second rubbish run on Sunday, as the bins were overflowing. The amount of food that gets put out is incredible. It blows us away.

The tractor is still in dry dock, so on Wednesday we went to Hamilton to pick up Louise’s father’s tractor, so the paddock can be mowed. A friend of our’s, (we used to work for  him on a farm many years ago) Mike Mexted came and mowed it on Thursday afternoon. It is a lot more modern gear than we have and it didn’t take him as long as it would have taken Eddie.

Last night we went and had dinner with Mike and Linda. They had cooked lamb shanks in the crockpot all day and they were delicious.The meat just fell off the bone. (Apologies to any vegetarians or vegans reading this).

Eddie had words with the tractor place and surprise, surprise they have started on it. They said they were short staffed, but we thought 3 weeks was a bit over the top.

We came home from Hamilton with heaps of feijoas. I found a few jars and cooked a heap up and bottled them. We had feijoa crumble the other night for dessert. We still have some to deal with, which I will have to cook soon before they go off.  I have also given some to campers to share the love.