A slow
start to the day with the weather looking decidedly poor for the time of year,
however, not to be outdone we decided on a little drive up the the coast to try
and find the town called Miranda.
Well after
an hour going north and back doubling we could not find the town anywhere at
all and therefore gave up. We both fancied a coffee and the first place we
stopped at looked a disaster and then about 20 mins later we found another café
which also sold food, so perhaps a hot dog or sandwich but NO the fish and
chips coming out looked really good and so we shared a pack. Oh dear there goes
the waistline.
We have
been considering what to do on Saturday with the weather forecast for our
location looking poor and so after great discussion and a glass of Chardonnay
we decided that perhaps a night In Auckland would be good and it might tie up
with mine hosts wife Sheila arriving back from California which would enable us
to give her a lift home to Taipa. So we looked at various Hotel websites and
thought we would try the New Zealand HOTWIRE site and as a result we are booked
at the Novotel in Auckland for a B good price.
Then back
to camp where we did some reading and later in the day a guy towing a Bailey
New caravan arrived and so we got chatting to him and we got on very well and
they offered us a drink but we decided not to but just go and cook our evening
dinner of Pork Chop with salad.
We went
back to the Tent and shortly afterwards it started to pour with rain with the
promise of rain overnight and through tomorrow, great. However we are quite
snug in out tent so now worries mate!
