Post ironman, Matt and I were in need of a bit of relaxation. Luckily we had anticipated this beforehand and so had booked ourselves into a beer festival in Auckland with fellow poms and beer connoisseurs Jody and Hannah. The excitement had mounted somewhat over the work email in anticipation of festival day with plenty of banter regarding our costume choice (despite it not actually being officially fancy dress, for some reason going dressed up was essential). After much deliberation we settled on going as air crew (don't ask why). Hannah led the team as Captain Bailey, Jody appeared as Air Traffic Controller Wells, I dished out peanuts as Stewardess Broad and Matt had a last minute promotion from Baggage Handler Cope to Trainee Ground Crew.
Costumes and props prepared we headed down to the waterfront in gale force winds (thanks to a south pacific cyclone my perfect stewardess hair lasted minutes). As you can see, a great time was had by all:
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| Boozy Jet (complete with name badges) |
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| Peanuts anyone? |
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| Managed to crop Jody's crotch out this time |
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| Come in Captain Bailey, come in..? |
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| There she goes! |
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| Time to head home methinks |
The beer festival weekend, and another undocumented drinking weekend later, we all felt we needed a bit of time off the beers. So in late March we set off down to Raglan for a couple of days and managed to not touch a drop of booze between us! Instead, the boys surfed, the ladies ran and we all drank lots of fizzy drink and caffeine! Fun times:
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| Surfer dudes |
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| Best cafe in NZ (so says Hannah) |
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| Bridal Veil Falls |
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| Team Temperance |
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| It really does look like a bride's veil! |
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