We had agreed to meet Robin in the café in Kaitaia and we were a little late due to some road construction and repairs, for the want of a better word.
Road repairs here consist of ripping up the old surface and sort of getting it level, then dumping hard core on and waiting for the traffic to bed it down whilst spraying it with water to keep the dust down and once it is sort of flat they spray on a thin coating of tarmac. It all seems a bit haphazard and I think they could find a better way. However, they don’t seem to care about the roads importance as they just close it and you just wait. Road signs abound telling you to slow down which they leave there for months afterwards and so you end up slowing down on many occasions only because the ‘road sign removal executive’ has not been along as he has been delayed in the café.
Anyway we spent a very pleasant morning wandering around the town and found a fascinating antique shop with a huge selection of old phones.
We also went in one of the second hand shops which sold everything including the kitchen sink.
The Hospital where Robin's wife works in the town has just been upgraded with quite a chunk of money being spent on it and there is a vast improvement but it's still a bit too small for the summer tourist rush.
We stopped for an ice cream on the way back home and whilst we were standing outside the shop eating our ice creams a couple arrived and he purchased what you might call a triple stacker as he 
amazingly drove off with this huge ice cream in front of him and it was so large it must have blocked some, if not all, of his view. I did get a quick photo shot of the event.
The rest of the day was spent taking Robin home and we met the two dogs. Then we came back home and cooked some pork chops we had got from the local butcher, they were really excellent.
Watched an episode of ‘Life on Mars’ which was good and then hit the hay.
