The Floral Apron family tour bus has been busy of late. It’s
has been a delight to discover that Kiwi’s take their public holidays very seriously
and in the month of November we have enjoyed 2 long weekends!! This has
resulted in some outrageously scenic breakfasts,
And yes; standing out in the elements cooking breakfast for
the family was a little chilly. The scientifically minded might put two and two
together and work out that gas bottles are not at their most efficient in
freezing conditions, there is very good reason that the neighbouring tables are
not teaming with fellow bacon enthusiasts.
Then there was the honey toast and tea in the mid south
farming heartland;
As you can see it was a hum dinger of a day, but owning to
the last few nights spent in a freezing campervan the children or my husband
were not interested in trying to recreate scenes from The Sound of Music and had
little tolerance for excessive cheer. Onwards we went..
Pies from a bakery always hit the spot for an outdoorsy
weekend and the Fairlie bakehouse was notably fine.Then there was this;
If you look very closely in this picture you can see a little campervan parked amongst the pines. If you look even closer you can find me drinking wine and reading a book in that same vehicle and generally sulking that my husband had picked a very very ugly place to call home for the night.
Imagine the surprise and delight the next morning once the storm clouds had quite literally broken and this is the scene that greeted us.
All was forgiven and thoughts turned to lamb for dinner.
