Getting away from it all...

We arranged to spend Wellington Anniversary weekend camping in Napier with Ian and Robyn. They brought their camper van. We brought our tent. When we left Palmy, it was fine and sunny. By the time we got through the gorge, the drizzle had started, and continued all the way to Napier. We stayed at a camp at Bayview, where we'd stayed once before. Fortunately, when we arrived, we were ahead of the rain and managed to put up the tent while it was still dry. But there was a chilly wind blowing in off the sea. When Ian & Robyn arrived, we parked their van in front of the tent, for a bit of shelter, had a wander round the camp to check out what was what, sat down for a bite of lunch and sorted ourselves out. Later we went into town for a wander up and down and a poke around the treasures of the Marine Parade. That night Murray cooked and we ate outside, but had to move inside for dessert as the drizzle arrived.



Here's Pania, back on her reef, after her much publicised adventures a year or so ago. She's stunning, really.

It's bedtime now and this is too slow to continue, so tune this way for a further instalment tomorrow....