Cultural evening

Saturday 15 Oct; with Diesel tucked up for the night we venture out for an evening of Kiwi cultural entertainment...the Speedway!

Woodford Glen is on the the outskirts of Kaiapoi, and proved to be great value and good fun for all the family. This was the first session of the season and featured 21 races...productions, mini stocks, A grade saloons, streetstocks, modified, super stocks and super saloons...don't know what they are, visit http://www.woodfordglen.co.nz/ The Kiwi's come prepared...camp chairs and suitable warm clothing...us Poms that didn't know better were sitting on our coats to keep our bums dry and it proved chilly but a fantastic spectacle of noise and smells. Junk food is the standard fare, their 'hotdogs' are a battered saveloy on a lolly stick...quite disgusting but that didn't stop the family in front scoffing 5 each covered in tomato sauce, we just had chips washed down with L&P.

The Speedway experience is one we all really enjoyed...both Alex and Shannon have now got posters on their walls, C wants a trucker hat (or baseball cap, 'cos at $7.25 its cheap and I want a cheap sun hat) and we're back there on the 29th for the firework extravaganza!