Although it turned very cold last night and we reached for our extra warm stuff and new duvet the sun was really shining brightly this morning.
The view over the bay was magnificent with hardly a cloud in the sky. The best way to start the day was with Noel cooking bacon and egg toasted sarnies with a hot brew which went down very well.
The rest of the morning was spent reading and a little sort out of some of our stuff and also decide what our next steps for travel would be as we are currently due to leave here this coming Saturday.
We both agreed that Hamner Springs can wait for another time and that we would have a few extra days here and then head for Kaikoura for some whale watching next week.
Following a light cheese and bikkies lunch we walked down into town which is down quite a steep slope and stairs for about 500 metres and then flat walking thereafter. The sun was shining down and we were getting hot but sat on the end of the pier and watched the world go by. There were two groups of Scouts, one group of males and the other group of females learning to sail and we both agreed the girls won.
We also saw a lone Hector’s Dolphin playing in the harbour for a few minutes and so perhaps we may not go on a Dolphin boat ride, we shall see. There is one house where the owner has made his garden look like a house front room with a sofa and TV. There is also a pair of big boots protruding from the ground about five feet from a headstone we saw this last time we were here but we think it may have been improved, we will have to look back at the photos.
We walked past our favourite Fish and Chip shop which we shall attend later this week and then after a few more photos headed back to the camp for a brief rest and then a mixture of chicken and rice and vegetables before heading for the TV lounge to also catch up on some emails and Blogs etc.
