Preacher man

Ben only preached once. Here's a three minute video of the practice run...

Knitting the miles away

Mattias wrote a comment on the Day 18 blog post asking "Do you remember what you were knitting?"

Knowing that Ben made a couple of references to my knitting in the Patagonia trip diary I went back and checked. It seems Ben was fascinated with my knitting...

Day 1:  Ben writes: "Andy's reading over my shoulder with all critical powers turned on. Pete…is leaning as far away from Matt as he can and looking out the front. Mum's knitting something. Dad's driving. Tim's not doing anything…"

Tim continues, "Pete throws some rubbish on the floor which was 'vexatious to all spirits' (said Ben.)"

Ben again two pages on but still Day 1: "Dad's still driving, Mum's still knitting. Tim's not doing anything."

Another Day 1 entry from Ben a page further on: "Dad's still driving. Mum's still knitting the Jessica Simpson shawl. Andy is sitting in the front middle seat. Tim is still sitting in the corner (doing nothing. Oh no, he's scratching his forehead.)…Matt's looking for a ladybird."

Day 8 and a passing reference from Tim: "Mum shows me the start of her crochet beanie she's knitting. Looks like a hat for the Paine [Torres del Paine National Park]. "

Day 17: From Ben: "We find ourselves in the car again. Pete's in the front… Dad's driving, Mum's knitting, Matt's listening to 'Prince Caspian', Tim's sleeping in his corner and Andy's craning his neck to see out the front."

And later that day: " 'tis 6 in the afternoon now, still on the dirt road. Dad's enjoying getting unstuck slightly on the corners. Mum's in the front, yes, knitting, Matt's drawing, Tim's in the corner and Andy's singing 'Find a girl'."

Day 18. Ben writes: Mum's finished her shawl and is reading Lonely Planet. [And a little further on...] Mum's started knitting something new. It's fluffy and purple and pink. Matt's next to her, drawing or something."

It was this 'fluffy purple and pink' thing that Mattias asked about and I can't imagine what it would have been! I can remember the huge Jessica Simpson (so-called) shawl I knitted and I can remember a beanie-but it was blue. Maybe I knitted myself a pink beanie too?

Day 19 and Ben writes: "Mum's in the front and she's not knitting. Must have lost the needles."