Hamilton Mums ’It’s a crane’ picnic

If your little one is anything like Blair - our 2 1/2 year old, he is totally besotted with cranes. Luckily we live near the Claudelands Showground development area

We have scounted out a couple of really good vantage points, so thought why not combine some viewing, with a picnic lunch, and meeting new friends? And maybe afterwards, heading to the playground at the park there?

Anyone keen?

me too!

I'd be keen too! Only times we can't do next week is Monday afternoon and Thursday morning.

cool! Hopefully we stay fine. A day like this one would be perfect

No we haven't done it yet, planning on this week, the long range forecast has it potenially cloudy, patches of rain etc for Tuesday and Wednesday, but I think that Tuesday is our best bet ladies.

I would suggest for those driving either to park at Claudelands park, and then walk down towards the construction site, or park on the side of heaphy tce. Just after the Waikato World office on the left is a carpark, and a good grassy patch in there for crane spotting, we can hang out there for a bit and either do lunch there, or walk back to the playground, let our 'big kids' run around and have a play and do lunch then.

What time suits you girls? Just trying to work around morning and afternoon sleepers here. 11ish? 11.30ish?

Oh what a fun idea. and its only just up the road for us too. Yeah late morningish is best mine sleeps at 1pm so heaps of time.

Shared picnic or just bring somethign for ourselves.

I'll log on about 10 tomorrow, just to confirm what the weather is like here. If you want a txt if we cancel, please pm me your number, weather has been great here, and the park was hardly busy at midday today,

I will try to make it. Should be ok.

See you guys in the morning.

We'll try make it. Evelyn has woken up with a cold and she can hardly breathe. The wind might be a bit cold. This now sounds like I'm a big wuss. LOL  I'm sick of colds. this is her third. Ryans had 2 in the last 6 weeks and DH is on to his second as well.

It's blue skies I can see towards that area from my place. There seems to be a bit of cloud further over towards Glenview. EEk and I've just looked out the back and teres a rather dark cloud lurking from the NE and I think thats the direction the wind is coming from so it may blow this way.