Day two at Workmans Beach
Take two! Yes take two, because I wrote a whole lot of stuff, and even saying I hope I can save it before Axel is back, because the save button was gone (misteriously) and replaced by a edit button.
Axel came back and said>; yes you press the keyboard symbol so the keyboard goes away and whalah there is the save button! Mister Axel than updated the post and LOST it!
Ok, day two, Axel just left on his bike to go to a kite surf lesson, one kilometer away from the camping. He is wearing a helmet and a backpack and looks the part!
Nos, Dotti and I are going to the beach, first for walk around the rocks to find some nice puddles to play in, later on for a rest in the dunes with a very nice view.
Back to the bus for lunch, sandwich with strawberries.
We left Dotti in the bus for a nap and Nos and I went to the beach again, this time for a swim.
Lucky the sun was out, because it was still chilly when you came out of the water.
In the afternoon I rearranged our closets, got rid of most of the winter clothes, and in with the summer clothes. A body warmer and sweater is enough for the colder nights and mornings.
Axel came back at 4.30 and was cold, yes he has a wet suit, but one with short sleeves and short legs. So I think we are going to buy him a new one, a full one.
After a rinse we had coffee(so he could hold a nice warm mug) and chat about his lesson
He liked everything apart from the waves pounding on his face every time he had to look up at the kite( he did not have glasses on), his eyes were quite red I must admit.
We had a nice dinner with rice and veg, chocolate and coffee and fruit for desert.
We made it an early night, after your fifties you feel it when you do some extreme sports!
Day three at workmans beach
Axel was being picked up by the kite surf instructor, they planned to go to some lagoon which was about one hour drive away.
A lagoon has still water and is better for learning the on and in the water stuff, and much nicer for the learner in regards waves pounding on faces etc.
Nos, Dotti and I did pretty much the same thing as the day before, apart from rearranging the closet.
I did artwork instead, and found that very relaxing .
On the beach we met up with the people at the back of us, they have a nice dog friend for Nossi and I chatted for about an hour with them.
They live in Blackwater, a mining town four hours from here,and they camp often and shoot pigs for a hobby. They also move every couple of years to an other town, at the camping they sleep in a swag next to the car (like Niki sometimes does except she sleeps with the swag IN the car) and have the dog on a piece of rope tied to the car.
I had a chat with a nice old couple who travel in an egg, at least it looks like an egg, it is called a teardrop campervan. It only contains a bed, the kitchen is in the booth which you can lift up.
They wear beanies and walk hand in hand, so sweet!
Axel was home late, he bought a real kite! Yes a big ass kite (I think) twelve meter wide.
I guess he is a tall man and needs a large kite to lift him out of the water.
So yes he liked it very much those lessons and was hooked!
He came home even colder, so I prepared a big bowl of hot water for him to wash himself instead of the icy cold surf shower.
Coffee and port to warm the bones and story telling was the start of the evening.
Day four Workmans beach
This morning we all went to the beach and had a nice sun-bake and walk and a chat to a Italian boy.
Back at the bus we tried ways to crack macadamia nuts, some people say put them first in the freezer the shell becomes more brittle, but Axel found it works with a self grip wrench! At a camping a while ago, I bought a kilo bag of walnuts from a Dutch guy and Axel is now cracking them too with help from Dotti. We put them all in a large pot to go with our breakfast.
Axel left on the bike again to go to town to the surf instructors place where he left the glasses the instructor gave him (no red eyes anymore)
I started to write take one of this post!
Just some nitty gritty here, I have a few more toilet names for you: blokes and Sheila’s, the old fella and the missus, remember before you had mangoes and nomangoes.
Some day to day stuff:
It is so nice to wake up when you wake up instead of by the alarm lock, yes I rub it in!
Axel makes breakfast and hops back in bed, yes we eat in bed! I then go outside for a smoke and feed the dogs, feeding the dogs happens at the back of the trailer. The metal food bin stands in the front of the trailer, and next to it a workbench where you can put the bowls, that is handy because Dotti needs some pills and medicine put in her food. The dogs eat and go walkabout for a bit, I put the kettle on for a second coffee, and Axel makes himself ready for the day. We have our coffee and chat about our day plans, we fill the day with stuff you read about already.
The evenings starts off with a nice stiff drink and some nibbles and a phone call to the kids or some emails. Axel starts writing the blog, and I start cooking the evening meal, Axel feeds the dogs and we have our meal. Most of the time Axel does the dishes while he makes the coffee after dinner, I bring out the yummies for desert and have a walk with the dogs.
This camping has a no fire policy so the evenings are different than at the campings where we can have a fire which is most of them. With a fire the nice thing is, you have to put wood on it, you can poke in it, you have silence, darkness, moonlight sometimes, starry skies and stories. When there is no fire to do all those things with, you sit in your chair with a candle and chat and sometimes go to bed early because of the cold. That will change when we get more north I hope, we long for nice warm weather all around, but hey it is still winter.
For now we would like you to know that we are very happy campers! X
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