Winery Day

August 20^th

I am a genius even if I do say so myself. Today was winery day and I knew the kids would have a limited tolerance so I had a plan.....the first stop was The Berry Farm which not only sold wines but also all manner of berry products and had a kids playground. I came away from there with a delicious coffee liqueur.

The next stop I planned was A Maze’n. Yes this one was to keep the kids entertained – Paul and the kids lost themselves in the huge hedge maze while I sat and watched while having coffee and scones. All was going well until it started to rain – we played a few inside games for a while hoping it would stop but it didn’t so we headed of to the next stop on my itinerary The Fudge Factory – a short stop because Thomas couldn’t have anything. We then went to a little cafe for lunch and on to the Candy Cow.

The Candy Cow is where my genius kicked in – I let all the kids choose a bag of lollies and every time we stopped somewhere they weren’t interested in they would get 5 of their lollies if they had behaved – worked brilliantly! Nothing like a bit of bribery to get what I want.

We then stopped off at the Paradini winery – they got their lollies easily here because there were tv set up with Playstations. Paul and I did a bit of tasting and made a few purchases. The next stop was one supposedly for the kids but Paul and I quite liked too – The Chocolate Factory mmmmmmmmm. Chocolate everywhere I turned and massive tasting bowls which the kids loved. Another couple of purchases and we headed to another couple of wineries – The Woody Nook and Swings and Roundabouts and yes a couple more purchases

They were the last of the wineries for the day but we were right near my jewellery designer from yesterday and dragged Paul in with me this time. We found a really lovely ring that is handcrafted and really lovely and reminds me of this incredible adventure we have had (much better than a T-shirt).

Back to our cabin to get all the washing I put on the line last night into the dryer – all the rain we had today and is forecast for tomorrow the dryer it has to be!