Really hot, sunny, day again today and we went, with the dogs, to the coast beyond the city on the outer western edges of the harbour. Long walk around Worsen Bay and Karaka Bay to Scorching Bay where we had lunch by the sea. After the return walk we drove further south along the coast where the waves were really crashing onto the rocks and the surfers were out in force on the one beach where it was 'safe' to go into the water.
In the evening we had a particularly good meal at Zibibbo, a Spanish/Italian restaurant in the city, followed by another performance at Circa - this time a spoof on 'Our Man in Havana' with just four actors. Very well acted and great fun.
23 March
Awoke to the wind howling around the house - it is very high here - but we managed to take the dogs walking on Mount KauKau in the morning without getting wet. We went into Wellington in the late morning as Keith had work to do and the rest of us wanted to make a return visit to the Museum of Wellington and the Sea. Beforehand we went to Bordeaux - a French cafe - and had suitably French and delicious baguettes and cakes. We spent a good two hours at the museum - one floor seemed to have changed completely since our last visit. In the evening we went to Siem Reap, a Cambodian restaurant in the city, with Mark (eldest Hale son), wife Nicky and 6 year-old Sam, and Nick and Sarah Fox (Hale daughter) and their two boys, Oliver and Jacob. Great food and good company. We even had time for a final game of Skip Bo when we got home.
22 March
We woke to drizzle and it has rained all day long. Tidied up the cottage and had lunch in Martinborough before driving back to Khandallah where we are enveloped by low cloud - and the rain continues. Heating on this evening, including nice welcoming gas fire.
