Hi everyone,
Just to let you all know that we're engaged! Phil proposed on Tuesday and luckily the beard and two weeks holed up in a campervan hadn't put Sarah off and she said yes!
Guess we should fill you in on the details.....like was it romantic or was it over another meal of baked beans and jacket potatoes in a campervan? Did Sarah say "Only if the beard goes and you get a haircut because I'm not marrying a yeti"? Did Phil get down on one knee or did his dodgy ankle stop him?
Well it was actually on a deserted beach in the middle of a 7(!) hour walk down the coast of Abel Tasman National Park at the top of New Zealand's South Island. We stumbled across a beautiful big beach with no one on it and Phil got down on one knee and popped the question: "Did you remember my flask?", er, not really, "Will you marry me?".
The setting... and our only witness!
Sarah welled up a bit (hopefully tears of happiness rather than the prospect of a lifetime with this type of humour....) and said "Of course I will". Which was a relief as it would have made the 3 hour walk back to the van a bit awkward if she hadn't!
There's no date set yet and also no ring. You can tell Sarah isn't marrying Phil for his organisational skills can't you? Still, it's not easy to buy a ring when you're spending most of your time in a van or up a glacier!
Though as every engagement requires a big rock, here's one we found yesterday...
Actually we did find a real temporary ring in a craft shop in Takaka near where we got engaged. It's not exactly 24 carat but will act as a stand in until we can get to a jeweller's!
We're in Nelson now, at the top of the South Island and are getting the ferry over to Wellington on Thursday. Hopefully we'll find a ring there. We'll let you know if we do.
That's all for now!
Love from Phil and Sarah x x
P.S. we celebrated on Tuesday night with champagne in our campervan! Now that is classy....
