Saturday, February 08, 2014

Friday 7th February 2014- A quiet day at the office –almost

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!