Tuesday, 16 April 2013

"Cheryl' the tent lady

On arrival at El Lago caravan park, we noticed a small green tent in the next row of the park. Some time later a single lady came wandering past and went to the tent. That night, it poured rain. I am not sure how much rain we had but it was at least 25mm. there were puddles in the grassy areas around the park and "Cheryl" was in her tent. A polite "good morming" was about all the conservation we had with her but amongst us vanners, "Cheryl" was the topic of conversation more than once. Elaine had said that the boys, John and Rob, had helped her put up the tent two days earlier and she arrived with tent, blow up mattress and sleeping bag all stuffed in a shopping trolley and had come from Sydney where she had been sleeping "rough.""Cheryl" had no refrigeration
 or cooking facilities. We don't know how or where she ate. She hated Sydney so she told the boys.Anyway after the rain, a small white car arrived one morning, "Cheryl" had packed up her goods and they were all placed in the car and she left. More conservation this time more about the "thank goodness, someone has taken her into care" type ones. All agreed that this was good.
We said our goodbyes to John Elaine Rob and Lorraine on the Friday morning and guess what happened Friday afternoon, "Cheryl" returned with shopping trolley, new larger tent and goods. She had a bit of trouble putting the new larger tent up and knocked on our door for some help. Of course I will.....and she was back.

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