So when I last wrote I had just completed a day camp with
Guides and Mark was ill. I am glad to say that Mark is now much better and is
back to paper writing in style. He spat out his last paper in a week and a
half.
September for me was accompanied with a visit to the dentist
almost every Saturday, I am glad to state that my teeth no longer hurt and I
have a pearl white smile again. J. In between all the dentist visits we visited friends;
I was kept busy with girl guides and preparing for our camping trip during the
public weekend to the Flinders Rangers.
At the beginning of September we had dinner with Georgia,
Jason and their young family. Ben showed us how much he had grown and Juliet
and Rhys were kept busy with the largest strawberries I have ever seen, whilst Mark provided the entertainment.
During the dinner Georgia and Jason asked me to be Ben’s
godmother. I am very privileged and over the moon that we will always be a part
of this lovely families life.
At Guides we have introduced our new leader Izzy, we have
given one of our girls her 10 year star and this weekend we held a big indoor
camp with all girls from the Knightsbridge hall. During which Fi shows the girls how to tackle
Challenge Hill (obstacle course).
Izzy
Grace and Judy
Fi shows the girls how its done.
During the Guide camp this weekend we had a extra camper, who would share our meals. Kookaburr sits on the wheely bin (thanks mum for that one).
Last weekend for us was a public holiday weekend, so we
decided to take the tent up to the Flinders Rangers and walk St Mary’s Peak
which is 1’171 meters high. It was a 9
hour walk and 21 kilometres in length. I have to say it was mainly climbing and
was the hardest mountain I have ever climbed, but the view was out of this
world.
Claire at the top of St Mary's Peak.
Monday morning was difficult as neither of us could move
much, so we packed up camp and went for a drive around the region. We found a
lovely café in Binman for lunch and then continued onto Parachina.
Photo's below are Marks from our Camping trip.
The Great Wall of China
Old House
Wilpena pound
View from the top of St Mary's peak
Rock Wallaby
Bunyeroo Gorge
Porter Lagoon
Last week I help run my first Guide Dog Kids camp, we went
shopping, taught the kids about money handling, we introduced them to a number
of hi tech devices to help them complete activities of daily living, with
development their food preparation skills. We even took them tandem biking and
I piloted one with a 10 year old girl and they learnt how to play goal ball. We
had a great time.
The clocks have gone forward here this weekend, so we are now 10.5 hours in front of the UK at the moment.
