Club News

Many of us were looking forward to an extra long weekend at Onrus, some arriving as early as Thursday, and the last family will only leave on Friday this week!! But for the majority of us it was a four-night weekend. We had a bumper turn out with 25 sites booked.

We finally managed a getaway over the long weekend in March. Folk obviously were getting cabin fever and camping withdrawal. And it was great to see some faces we haven’t seen for a while at a getaway.

Some of the Laager members decided to have an extra long weekend and arrived at Kambati on Thursday. Friday morning saw the rest of the members arriving and by the evening everyone had arrived to enjoy a lekka gesels around the fire with much laughter. Saturday morning found everyone trying to guess the mystery activity we had planned. At 2pm everyone gathered and was told they would be making a kite. Everyone became excited, like kids again, as no one had built a kite since childhood. Everybody had lots of fun making the kites and especially trying to fly them. Poor Lesley was made to run up and down by Leighton to try and get the kite to fly. Unfortunately, as per the Premier Log, John’s Liverpool kite did not feature at all and Robbie’s Manchester United kite took flight and stayed ahead. Sunday evening being an extra night, we had snacks which everyone enjoyed and a wonderful time around the fire again

After not having an Outspan since November last year due to Covid, we were all looking forward to getting out into nature and seeing each other again. This campsite was the ideal place to pick up where we left off last year. To just relax and charge our battery’s, was just the break we all needed.

It was a pleasure for us to be the hosts at Berg River. It started off on Friday with everyone doing whatever they liked. On Saturday, we had a street braai where we all sat at our respective camp sites.

We arrived on Friday to join the rest of the campers, most of whom arrived the day before for the first outspan for 2021. The weather was extremely hot and the little splash pool provided some much needed relief from the 38+ °C heat.

It has been almost eight months since our last outspan at Bergriver, the pandemic has resulted in unprecedented times in the world and it is still not over. It has been a tough time for all of us with a few families actually contracting the virus but we are blessed that they all recovered. So with this new normal, 9 families braved the weather and the virus, and decided to camp this weekend, whilst observing the health protocols as best they can.

It is so wonderful to be able to send out another newsletter just a month after the last and with the exciting news of another outspan on the horizon!

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