The morning was spent preparing for the journey to the beach. We left Lynn's and went to meet Anna and Katy at their house in Papakura. The little car was packed to capacity. Everything anyone could possibly need from food to flippers was carefully stowed into the back, sides and front of the little black car. Crispy is a natural packer and will easily defy the laws of physics, mass and math when fitting the infinite amount of shite into a finite area of space. There was just enough room for the human cargo as long as no one needed to move or breath.
Anna, Katy, Locwood and Alec (Katy,s boyfriend) all share a new build house on a new estate just outside Papakura. Its a lovely house and suits their needs perfectly.
The one thing that has struck us on this visit is the amount of building and development that is going on. Its massive and taking place on a monumental scale. We first visited NZ 20 years ago and the change is really quite startling. Auckland feels like it has tripled its size over that time and its busy.
We got to the house, rearranged the cargo into several vehicles and set off for Leigh. 2 hours later we arrived. Its beautiful. We are staying in a big new build beachfront house on the Omaha penninsula just 5 minutes from the wedding venue. Everyone met for the wedding rehersal before going back to the house for a Barbie. A very nice evening was spent catching up with friends and family. As I mentioned before this is the first time that all the family has been together in NZ at the same time and its lovely. We have all got here by different routes. Crispy and me via Singapore. David and Lisa via Australia after several days visiting Lisa's family in the outback. Emma and James after several weeks touring North Island. Everyone swapped their tales of daring do and adventure whilst imbibing various forms of alcohol. Lynn and I sat up to the wee hours drinking Southern Comfort and chatting shite. We are good at that and covered every subject from family to Religion. I do enjoy our erudite discourses.
The wedding is at 2pm tomorrow so not too sure what the morning will hold but I'm sure we will think of something.
James and I have booked onto a snapper fishing trip on Friday 2 hours up the coast at a port called Russel so I am really looking forward to that. Hopefully we will catch the fish course for the BBQ on saturday...
Bare and Crispy signing off, Leigh, NZ
You can see from the pics the startling similarity between Leigh NZ and Leigh Lancashire. Its spooky........
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