Despite dire weather forecasts from earlier in the week, Saturday turned out wonderfully for a beach birthday party. We invited about six other families to join us at Rapaki for a bbq, most of whom had never met before, and proceeded to have a lovely compatible time. We missed the Summerfield family who have moved back to England. Emma accused me of being posh with my beach coffee fixings (espresso maker, real cream), but perhaps subconsciously I was just trying to fill Ian’s role.