Tuesday 16th December- A busy day in downtown Kaitaia

An early start was required as the car was due at the glass repair company by latest 0900 hrs and as it would take four to five hours to complete we knew we would have a day in town.

However after arriving in town we dropped off the car and headed for that morning breakfast at a little café we like. The scrambled eggs and bacon were really good and set us up for the day.

We did some shopping for various bits and pieces and also checked out hire car costs from a car dealer in Kaitaia who rents out his stock to assist his income levels. The prices are very competitive indeed whilst the cars are not quite new.

The glass was finished around 2 pm and we took the car for its MOT equivalent and received the certificate, thank heavens, and finished our food shopping and went home. Robin accompanied us for the day and it was a good day out for him and he is great company anyway. He has many stories from his TV days and he knew Frankie Howard and Benny Hill quite well. He was also a great follower of Tommy Cooper and when we were looking at some camouflage clothing in one shop, he said that he had bought some camouflage trousers once and then took them home and then could not find them anymore.

The weather has been a bit strange in the last couple of days and not as expected, it’s not cold but a little windy and some rain but they say it will pass.

We had lunch in the same café as breakfast and Jennifer tried the chilli beef nachos which were very good and so an evening dinner was all but forgotten as we were both full.

The dead body pulled from the sea appears to be someone who went mussel picking, not a local we understand, and fell off the rocks in to the sea and could not swim, it’s happened before apparently.

It was another late night watching Life on Mars, shame it’s on so late but it’s an excellent series with some great dialogue. Then I chased up Furniture Village in Staines. We waited three months for the sofas to be delivered and then when they arrived in early November one was not correct, It’s now mid December and still no positive answer and so the pressure is now on them to get it sorted or money back please. Just hope they don’t go bankrupt in the meantime like MFI and Woolworths.