Yesterday we ran our charity race day at Ruakaka races. After 4 months of planning for this event - finding race sponsors, arranging free buses, organising a luncheon, advertising and the million minutiae necessary for an event where a couple of thousand people are going to attend, we were naturally a bit nervous as to the outcome. The previous two days had been rainy and windy so we were crossing our fingers as to the weather outcome (my mother would have put a statue of a saint out in the garden - she used to do this on the eve of weddings and significant outdoor activities - apparently this old saint could control the weather you see). We needn't have worried. The weather was superb - no wind, warm and sunny. The patrons were generous - we raised a lot of money. Everyone was happy. Ruakaka is about half an hours drive south of Whangarei and an hours drive from where we live. We went by boat though, from a jetty at the end of our street across the harbour to a marina close to the racecourse. It took 10 minutes at a fast speedboat pace - thrilling and a great start and finish to a memorable day.
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| View from Ruakaka back to where we live |
3 comments:
Well done, Comeinyourpants. Was Peter McDonald there?
Well done.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun. Glad the weather was good.
Me too! Well done.
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