A slow departure
as Noel was checking all the TV channels to see if the Man City and Chelsea
game were being shown. It was not on TV but he then tried BBC 5 Live Sport and
they started talking about the game and then an announcement cut in saying you
could not listen due to copyright, Damn and Blast. However by watching The Telegraph teletext of
the game CFC were one up by the time we left.
Yesterday’s
weather was brilliant but this morning it had changed for cloud and looked like
rain but anyway we drove up the coast through small towns and stopped for a
coffee where they had Wifi and so Noel was delighted with the football result.
Well done CFC.
A couple of
points not mentioned previously is the price of fuel in New Zealand where
petrol is about £ 1.10 per litre and diesel £ 0.75 all quite cheap really and useful
for us considering the mileage we are doing.
We arrived
in Wahia and went to the supermarket to purchase food for ther next couple of
days and decided on a sirloin steak and salad tonight followed by brie and
cheese biscuits and all washed down with a glass or two of a nice Barolo wine
from OZ.
The camp
site location is near the beach and sea and on a very quiet part of the
coramandel area and we were a bit worried when we arrived had we chosen the
best place and the site is certainly extremely nice, well laid out, super
kitchens and bathrooms and very quiet. We had tried to book at a site we had
stayed at in Wahia beach some years ago but they were full up and so were
several others as there is a New Zealand festival on Thursday this week when
the kids are on holiday. But this place is great and not too far from the
action.
The sirloin
was cooked on the griddle and was really excellent, bus as the cook I think I
am entitled to say that, and so was the cheese. We spent the rest of the
evening reading in the comfy lounge and looking forward to another night on our
comfy blow up bed. We got fully set up this afternoon in just about one hour as
a result of having practise and now saving about 30 minutes for putting up the
tent and taking it down. We plan an easy day tomorrow with no driving or going
anywhere as three days driving is enough for anyone.
It was
strange after staying in South Island and also the South of North Island to
arrive towards Auckland area and of course there are loads of cars, shops and
houses and trucks and container yards , oh to be back in the quiet .
