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As mentioned we spent the night in the cabin and heard the rain pouring down overnight and thankful we were not in the tent as it was very damp and humid and cold outside in the real world.
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As mentioned we spent the night in the cabin and heard the rain pouring down overnight and thankful we were not in the tent as it was very damp and humid and cold outside in the real world.
It was clear to us that if the weather continues this
way for the next four days we will end up with a very wet tent and perhaps bad
colds and perhaps worse as we are not getting any younger. Noel inspected the
tent sites on the way to reception to discuss the problem and they agreed to
use our payment for the tent site as a contribution to the cost of the cabin
for the next four days. Later checking of the weather shows Friday is fine but
going very fast downhill on Saturday through to Tuesday next week and so a
cabin it will be.
We did some sorting of the kitchen equipment and Noel
spent some hours on catching up with photos and uploading same to the web and
checking a few more hotel bookings and also to find out now that the
Interislander has got a replacement vessel if we could catch an earlier sailing
for when we retrun to North island but it is not possible, so never mind.
We have changed our Hotel in Blenheim, as we found the
one we stayed in last time was right by the main road and a bit noisy and no
full kitchen we need and so the new Hotel is on a quiet back street we believe and
with a full kitchen, unless its next to the airport!
We went for a walk around town and also to check on the
arrangements for our Doubtful Sound trip tomorrow and it going to be an early
start as they pick us up at 07.00 and we don’t get back to the site until 17.30
so it’s a full day but really looking forward to it.
We visited the Cinema and watched a film we have seen
several times and even have on DVD all about the National Park, the film is
called ATA Whanui
and it is well photographed and shows some really amazing
scenery taken from mostly helicopters. We have also booked to see a film on Saturday
called August-Usage County with Meryl Streep and Julie Roberts and also other well-known
faces but understand the story is a bit depressing, but hey-ho! It’s something
to do rather than open copious bottles of wine!.
We did some shopping for the next couple of days and
then headed back to cook dinner and tonight we are having lamb chops with pasta
with a tomato sauce, should be good. It’s always fun cooking in a large kitchen
with other nationalities comparing recipes and notes and experiences. Jennifer
met an American couple during the washing up routine and there was riotous
laughter from the kitchen as I was working on some emails.
The time is now 8 pm and the sun is finally shining
down and we hope that this augers well for tomorrow, we hope, but we don’t really
like early starts when on holiday.
This camp site is excellent and the toilet and washing facilities are very clean and quite new and the cooking and eating area are great fun as you meet people from all over the place and share dinner tables etc., perhaps not everybody's cup of tea but we enjoy it.
This camp site is excellent and the toilet and washing facilities are very clean and quite new and the cooking and eating area are great fun as you meet people from all over the place and share dinner tables etc., perhaps not everybody's cup of tea but we enjoy it.
