The stars have aligned! Gorgeous Girl is asleep and I actually have some time to do a blog post. We went camping a few weekends ago at Grootvaderbosch.
We got to try out our new (to us ) tent. (That’s the sun setting in the background).
Unlike our previous ‘couple’ tent, this one is big enough to hold Gorgeous Girl’s camping cot.
The campsite had privacy fences.
Which I hadn’t seen before.
We took a walk (well I took a walk, Gorgeous Man did it several times) down to the red woods.
I was very proud of myself that I managed to complete this walk, only stopping once for a sit-down and that was at the bird-hide at the top of the track. I know that at the beginning of the year I would not have had the fitness to even consider the track. Did I mention that I’ve lost 2 kilos so far (about 4.4 pounds) not a huge amount, but it took a long time to put the weight on, and it’s going to take a long time to get it off.
We saw this fellow while we were walking in the forest.
We stood back respectfully and took pictures until (s)he got out of the way.
I’ve taken some more yarn off the wheel. I got a bit carried away with the spinning. Consequently, I’m now limiting my time on the wheel so that I don’t give myself a strain injury on my wrist, so this will be the last finished yarn you’ll see for a while. 
That is straight off the wheel before washing and ‘setting’. I’m very pleased with how this turned out, and I have a stack more to spin.
Your spinning as always is just gorgeous!
Camping sounds fun….well….except for the snake part! Congrats on your improve fitness.
Great pictures. We used to camp once upon a time, but haven’t for ages. trying it again this year with 3 teenagers in tow!
Oh, Ruth, that latest yarn is just to die for. It’s gorgeous!
And speaking of gorgeous, what a lovely snake you saw in the forest! I’m glad you enjoyed such a fun camping experience.
What beautiful yarn!
Well done on the weight loss and getting fitter. Ya know, I never realized that there were redwoods in your part of the world. How wonderful.
Great tent!
Oh my! You would have to worry about snake while camping!?! Yikes!
Privacy fences is something unique. Never seen such before.
When we started camping, 2 out of 3 of our children slept in playpens. A lot to pack up!
Yarn looks great!
The tent looks nice and roomy, like a little home away from home. The walk must have been beautiful, those trees look majestic! And, I would love to lose 2 kg
Hello,
Congrats on the weightloss, 2kg is a lot, think of 4 x 500g butter slabs.
Its fantastic to have milestones, that you can look at and go a year ago I would not have made this.
I love that you camp too! Nice tent – we always struggled a bit with the boys crib in our “small” 4 man tent. We’re eager to see how our new pop up is going to work. And congrats on the weight loss! I joined weight watchers again so here’s hoping we’re both skinny by summer! And georgeous spinning!!!
Looks like camping was fun! Congrats on the weight loss too!!!
Love the latest yarn!