The never-ending countdown until the Rugby World Cup in 2011....
Lucy is actually going to be "a Canada horse police girl" when she grows up, but I thought it might be fun for Dad to see a GIRL near the recruiting tent (he he he, wild naughty laughter)
Hmmm this picture doesn't do it justice - all the way down to the Cathedral there are fire pumps with flashing lights... It was a boys dream come true. Pity my boy was at cricket (where he did get 3 outs - 2 bowled and 1 run-out and "heaps of runs")I know what you are thinking - why doesn't my town put on a parade for having 150 years of firefighting? Well, I don't know the answer to that... maybe your city just isn't as cool as mine. In any case it was on Saturday and I took the girls down to see it (Sebastien was at cricket with Dominic). We didn't get any photos of the actual parade, but as you can see, the tail end of it, heading into "the Square" was pretty impressive. When all the pumps (from the antique ones to the new ones Dad drives today) were in the Square (ummm, big courtyard in the centre of town) there were all kinds of demonstrations and people dressed up in old uniforms and stuff. The girls loved it, and Megane and her best friend Grace even managed to get on the 6 o'clock news coverage of the event.
If anyone has been to Christchurch in the last 3 years they will have noticed the big CountdownBillboard until the Rugby World Cup. It is still ticking away slowly, and can I just say that I am VERY excited for the competition to start! (And, fingers crossed I will get to do some interperating (not spelling obviously) work for the French speaking nations! Woohoo!)
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So was there a parade? If not why not?
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