Olive was super excited to try surfing in Mount Manganui. We checked that she really fancied it then I won the short straw to take her in. As Olive put it so eloquently - this is one of the crazy things that Daddy ends up doing! The lesson was with Jackomo who ironically was from Cornwall not a local! Unfortunately Olive hated it after one go in the water. So I was left to spend an hour nearly drowning in waves trying to stand on a surf board. It was super fun and a good life lesson! Thanks Olive :-)
I love this photo of Olive surrounded by the dogs from Hairy McClary. The author, Lyndsey Dodds, came from Tauranga.
We spent Christmas on a campsite near Ohope in Bay of Plenty. It was very chilled. We went into the sea each day and had a BBQ for Christmas Day dinner. We didn’t drive the van once. We made a Christmas tree out of beach sticks and decorated the van.
A slightly strange Christmas and our second on the trot in hot climates, away from home, having spent last Christmas in Mexico. We agreed next year will be one for in England with family. We miss the snow and cold!
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