Day Fifteen - Wellington and beyond

Grey, coldish morning this morning.  The first one of the time I have been here. It was decided that Mal would take us out in his car today to see some other places near to Wellington.  Unfortunately, I did not have a good night's sleep as the old demons (along with some new ones) decided to catch up on the jet lag and to pay me a visit.

Rallied round (as you do) and we were off.  The first stop was to a beach

Makara beach

location called Makara which was very beautiful and very quiet.  The journey there was very picturesque beach that was so quiet, including the sea.  We were going to have something to eat at the cafe but it really did not provide anything so we decided against it.  It was very remote where we are and as pretty as it was, it was so remote and I cannot imagine what it must be like living there, especially for teenage children.  They must hate it.

We continued on our journey taking in different places, all with names I cannot pronounce or remember. We stopped at a viewing point which overlooked the whole of the bay and you could see, just as it was very cloudy, right down to Wellington City itself.  The clouds were rolling in, very fine, more like a mist but you could still manage to see the view.  We stopped before this for a delightful lunch in a cafe that was housed within an old church. The food was really good and filling and very reasonable.  It is

Where has the sun gone?

amazing really as eating out seems OK, compatible with London and at some places less; where some of the food in the shops seems really expensive and this includes the locally produced food such as butter (which has continued to increase in price apparently) and fresh vegetables that are grown here.  Welcome to Brexit me thinks.  I have seen the future of life out of the EU and do not like it!

Back home and I did not feel very well at all.  I was so tired and my eyes were aching.  I went to bed.  Now many of you will know that this is not me and for me to sleep during the day is certainly not me; I slept like a baby.  Two hours later, when the alarm went off, I still could have stayed there but obviously did not because then I would not sleep tonight - sigh!

The weather was not good so did not go for my evening constitutional to the beach as it felt cold too. So just dossed around the house, catching up on emails and stuff (as you do). The next few days are going to be a bit full on as I am flying (with Jackie and Mal) down to Christchurch.  So until then.

As always, with my love x