No walk this morning as we wanted to leave for Kaitaia a little earlier than our usual time. If we do the walk along the beach and with not getting up too early we end up having breakfast around 1045 to 1100 hrs which we both admit is a little late but bloody good.
Over the past few weeks we have visited Kaitaia quite a few times and looked in the various shops and so we knew that we needed a lot more time in town to collect all our things.
Apart from the tent and bed and many other things we needed to obtain we also needed some pillows, a small chill box etc. We had lunch at our usual place and Noel had his usual Ham and Cheese Toasted sandwich, he always has the same, and then we continued our shopping.
We had agreed with the shop that supplied the tent for an across the board ten per cent discount. We actually think they were a little surprised when we asked for a discount however they did agree. So when we came to collect they tried to renegotiate which Noel would not accept. We think they must have made a mistake in the first place and therefore now offered only five percent. Anyway we got our full discount and then head off home.
We stopped at the BP Station to fill up the car and noticed that petrol prices are on the rise again and then in to the little shop in Awanui for an ice cream. Whilst passing through Taipa we went to the Bakery for some cakes as we are due at Robin and
In the meantime Brian and Sheila have just emerged from the
A very pleasant afternoon and then we came home for a relaxing evening. In the meantime it had started to spit with rain and so we were glad that we had not attempted to put up the tent. That challenge is for tomorrow.
For the last couple of days we have been watching the local ‘breakfast ‘programme. The male host is quite a character and apart from occasionally going in to fits of laughter he is often quite outrageous with his comments and most of them would never be accepted by
This morning there was an article on the new road toll tunnel going North of Auckland where the ticket machines were not working correctly and refusing to give change. Because of this people started kicking the machines in frustration and that made them much worse as they would then freeze. Wardens were despatched to sort it out and then could only offer a written IOU to which our male host said, are they bloody mad these idiots, why don’t they make it free whilst they sort out the crap, oops, problem. He was right of course as the problem created a major hold up for many people. It’s not good when you put in a twenty dollar note for a two dollar fee and get no change.
