In 2009, for many reasons that we wont go into here, we took the family decision that it was high time that we had our next big adventure. Its taken a year to sort out but finally, on April 11th 2010, we leave Blighty and family and freinds for a new life in New Zealand. This blog is for us to keep telling our story to those we leave behind and for those we leave behind to know that we miss them and they are in our thoughts.



Saturday, 23 October 2010

Rodeo fun

Its labour weekend here which is the southern side doing May Day except its not May its October. The Rodeo was on in Methven and, well we couldn't let an opportunity like that go by. So it was off to Methven we went. It was awsome. Sean thought said it reminded him of banger racing in Kings Lynne...

We saw them ride the bulls, the horses and the sheep.




Saw some truly terrible falls. Stand out moment was for one poor chap during the bareback round. They ride bareback with the exception that they have one hand strapped, yes strapped, to the horse. We asked ourselves was this wise? No surprises when some of the cow boys come off and their hand is still attached. This poor fellow came off and couldn't get his hand out. He was thrown here, he was thrown there, and the horse kept on leaping and a bounding around the arena. Sean says the expression on the cowboys face as he ran past will live with him forever.

Prizes go to this guy for the best moment though:

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