15th November. The sun has gone home for the moment
The grey weather retuned and so did the wind, but never mind.
It was an easy day, we spent a little time cleaning the car and generally mucking about.
We did our 4 kilometre walk (well that’s what Sheila told us it is) but with my gammy leg, which seems to be improving, seems a lot longer. However the wind was blowing quite a lot as we walked along the sand around the bay and somehow it was quite exhilarating.
There is a project on the beach to stop erosion where grasses have been planted to help stabilise the bank and it seems to be working. This is the local community trying to ensure that the beaches stay in good nick.
We got back from our walk around 5 pm and a little later headed off to Mangonui as we had a table booked at The Galley (the old post office) for dinner. The food was excellent, Noel had the Hapuka on a bed of ratatouille and Jennifer the steak. The presentation and quality of the food is extremely good and the cost is not too bad. At around £ 38.00 for two people which included two beers and a wild secret cocktail for Jennifer we believe it was really good value for money. Next time we will try the new Thai restaurant which seemed very busy.
In the restaurant was a mid thirty year old couple who ordered a bottle of Champagne and looked into each others eyes and kept kissing over the food. I am not sure but I think she was quite, how to say this politely, lets say ‘pissed as a newt’. She stumbled when she got up to leave the table, let’s hope she was not driving. On exiting Mangonui there were two young lads of around fifteen they looked, driving a car? They obviously start young around here.
