Vilagrad Winery 27th November 2016
Today was our end of year drive. The last for 2016 and it was fun.
Pat arranged us lunch at Vilagrad winery down by Hamilton and we met at Drury BP between 10 and 10.30am.
Chris, Janet, Ken, Jude, Ron, Rose, Logan and Joyce (who drove all the way from Whangarei for today), Stephen, Keith, Christine, Bryan, Desre, Pat, Cam, Brigid and myself formed a "convoy" and headed south. Pat and Cam leading the way we went via several lovely back roads till we reached our destination. Gary and Lynn joined us there as they were already having a couple of days break in the area.
The place was packed but we had our own little area on a raised corner which meant we didn't have others brushing past us all the time. Excellent singer who never seemed to have a break for hours.
We had a lovely lunch and then had a small prize giving for various things (some had to be dropped as it was too noisy to hear each other ) but the winners were as follows:
Best dressed car ---Ron and Rose with their xmas decorations waving in the wind.
Best santa went to Gary who had donned a full santa suit much to the delight of the little kids who came to stand close and shyly wave at him.
Weirdest self photo I won and I will add the pic after this.
Worst driver we gave to Cam who was leading as we didnt think he went fast enough :)
Most grandkids was won by Brigid who has 26
Cutest guy was taken by Stephen
Prettiest dress won by Jude
Newest Z car Ron won that
Oldest Z was owned by Lynn
Flashiest driver was Chris
It was a good day even though it took hours longer to come home afterwards as for some reason the roads were jam packed.
Unfortunately none of us remembered to take photos :(
Thanks for a good time everyone :)
Pat arranged us lunch at Vilagrad winery down by Hamilton and we met at Drury BP between 10 and 10.30am.
Chris, Janet, Ken, Jude, Ron, Rose, Logan and Joyce (who drove all the way from Whangarei for today), Stephen, Keith, Christine, Bryan, Desre, Pat, Cam, Brigid and myself formed a "convoy" and headed south. Pat and Cam leading the way we went via several lovely back roads till we reached our destination. Gary and Lynn joined us there as they were already having a couple of days break in the area.
The place was packed but we had our own little area on a raised corner which meant we didn't have others brushing past us all the time. Excellent singer who never seemed to have a break for hours.
We had a lovely lunch and then had a small prize giving for various things (some had to be dropped as it was too noisy to hear each other ) but the winners were as follows:
Best dressed car ---Ron and Rose with their xmas decorations waving in the wind.
Best santa went to Gary who had donned a full santa suit much to the delight of the little kids who came to stand close and shyly wave at him.
Weirdest self photo I won and I will add the pic after this.
Worst driver we gave to Cam who was leading as we didnt think he went fast enough :)
Most grandkids was won by Brigid who has 26
Cutest guy was taken by Stephen
Prettiest dress won by Jude
Newest Z car Ron won that
Oldest Z was owned by Lynn
Flashiest driver was Chris
It was a good day even though it took hours longer to come home afterwards as for some reason the roads were jam packed.
Unfortunately none of us remembered to take photos :(
Thanks for a good time everyone :)