Sunday, August 29, 2010

Camping August 2010

Like a swallow we fly from land to land
Seeking the sun to shine on our skin
And when that skin is suitably tanned
We return to SA, my children, our kin.
This year it snowed
It rained and it blowed
We fried and we froze
From our toes to our nose(S).
We shivered at night
And sweated by day
Our backs got all cranky
We drove home - oh yay!
But through all we had a great time
So I tossed of this poem - which doesn't quite rhyme!

Friday, August 27, 2010

I just HAD to post this pic of Sal and R fffffffffreeezing to death in the "lounge" part of our tent during the Swiss midsummer camp at Scuol! All the mountains around were covered in snow and we nearly froze to death! R was the only one who was warm at night because his lilo had a puncture so we put fold up mattresses under him and he wore all his clothes in bed! Sal put her thermo-rest under her mattress and I used the car mats under mine! This tent was bought three years ago because we were under the impression we would be able stand upright in the centre section - but NO! That would be too easy and we have to crouch in there which means that if its raining or cold we all end up with bad backs! I have rebelled (still suffering with the back a week later) and refuse to camp again unless we either get a STAND UP tent or a camper van! For heavens sake we are all geriatrics in our 60s and 70s so we should be able to camp with a modicum of comfort. We will also be buying a couple of blankets. Sal has a special sleeping bag which makes her look like a michelin man but we looked at it when packing the car and said "Nah! It's August so we wont need that" famous last words. She must have lain there at night shivering and thinking about it relegated to the back of the cupboard! At least if I was freezing (which I was people!) I was able to snuggle up to OAP until the next hot flush drove me back to my freezing lilo!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Off Camping!

DON'T EVER LET A MAN PACK THE CAR!!!! This morning sis#2 and I packed the car for our camping trip much against OAP's wishes!! He wanted to do it. You know, I am living with 2 very strong willed people and am pulled this way and that way about everything we do! Anyway we got our way and pulled all our gear out of the box in the garage and drove up the driveway where we laid out a tarpaulin and organised our stuff in full view of the inhabitants of Les Arsets! Sis is a packer of note and has managed to stow it all in our tiny car with room to spare which makes me wonder what we have forgotton!! So tomorrow we leave for 10 days camping and, guess what, we looked at the weather forcast and it shows rain over the next 5 days!! Oh great! Oh well, no changing our minds as we have friends arriving to use our apartment while we are away. In 10 days time I will blog again and let you know how the holiday went. I still can't do pics although sis had a cable I can use to download my pics from the camera. But when I "browse" I can't find "my pics" - any ideas?