I ventured into the living area to make a cuppa for Nigel and me and found 2 bodies on the 2 sofas, both of them hard and fast asleep. Not a muscle twitched as I filled the kettle and clinked the mugs!
Eventually about 10am everyone was up and ready for the mornings outing which was a trip to the annual A and P (agricultural and pastoral) show in Kaikohe.
http://www.kaikohe.co.nz
Rob works at Renton motors in the town and they had a trade stand at the show so we all had free admission! We walked past the sheep that were there for the sheep racing, most of them lying down, chewing the cud and not looking too excited by the occasion.
We stopped to chat with a couple of Rob’s co-workers who were manning the stand and then went off in search of breakfast. A bacon and egg bap seemed to make everyone happy, myself included.
We settled down at the company stand which was well situated in the shade with a bit of a breeze and several spare seats, to eat our baps and watch the procession of people walking by. A big day out for Kaikohe.
Danni, Jonny and I wandered over to watch the equestrian part of the show but there didn’t seem to be a lot happening, lots of well groomed horses wandering about but not a lot of organisation!
After a couple of hours we left the show ground and drove into Kaikohe to meet up with one of Rob’s co-workers and have a beer at the pub. It’s difficult to explain Kaikohe which is as far off the tourist map of NZ as it’s possible to be, I would think. Not the sort of place one would like to wander around in the dark. I would have liked to take a photo of the notice on the pub door but was afraid I might be apprehended! A few things that I remember are
No bare feet,
Take gumboots off before entering,
No singlets.
The beer was good and inside the pub was reminiscent of an English pub back in the 1950’s.
So, after our exciting trip out we hit the road back to base camp here in Okiato. Rob is a good driver but I think that he drives too fast. I am a nervous passenger and I found some parts of the journey somewhat hair raising. I was wedged in the back between Nigel and Jonny and at times I shut my eyes and grasped Nigel’s knee tightly. I was quite thankful when he got stuck behind other vehicles with no chance of overtaking.
In the afternoon I took Rob and Danni into Russell to catch the foot ferry over to Paihia where they were going to have a trawl round the bars! First time out for father and daughter since she became 18. We were able to have a quiet few hours to charge our batteries. Jonny was glued to his screen and seemed quite content. I went back into Russell to pick them up off the 6.30 ferry, both seemed to have had a good time. I was driving Rob’s car and he informed me that the speed limit was 100k/h
not 80. I informed him that I was driving and if he preferred to walk he could do so!
Once back here Rob fired up the bbq and we all sat on the terrace, admired the view and had a good feed.
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