It was suggested that I might like to organize the Easter Egg Hunt. In effect I was
detailed off to be The Event Captain and organize it for the
eight children. Most of the other adults had headaches for some reason.
After spending some time walking the site and working out the clues for the two teams, I was pretty secure in the knowledge that all was complete. Well, I believed it was but then
Tracey and Emma joined in and with much glee started to suggest a tweek here or a slight alteration there. We artistic luvvies can be so upset by this. They ran off to assist and laid out baby chicks and rabbit feet at the clue
points.
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| The Bottle of Black Rat is NOT mine! |
With lunch finished we all gathered at Mikey’s Event Shelter for the
start of The Great Treasure Hunt. I’m not so sure the assembled ones listened that
carefully to my instructions but suddenly on my command “Go” there were
little ones running off screaming in all directions. Followed by Dads on push
bikes, scooters, skate boards and Mums trailing along as best they could in an
attempt to keep up. Does that sound chauvinistic or am I merely stating the facts?
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| The Game is afoot. Awaiting the off. |
The
clues and confirmation tokens came thick and fast and before long the game was
complete. There was a goody bag of various chocolate bars, eggs and sticky
confectionary for every participant. There was even a special prize awarded to
Andrew for his running around the whole course with young Noah. Everyone seemed
very satisfied.
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| Noah, our youngest competitor with Mum, Kirsty. |
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| The Prize Giving. |
Whilst the young uns
drove off in convoy to visit some cave near Padstow, Jackie and I took the
opportunity for a walk down to the beach and a coffee and cake at the newly
refurbished Porthcothan Shop. The owners, new at the end of last season had been
hard at work over the winter months, altering the layout of the shop. New fridges, shelves and coffee
machines were evident. Jackie was most heartened to see Tarquins gin for sale.
That evening we were
invited by Mike and Tracey into their caravan for dinner. Spatchcock chicken,
veggies and various side dishes. We contributed a rack of ribs and a very nice
Cab Sav bottle of red. A great “family day”.
