Water heater

Eddie and Peter  put the new water heater in on Wednesday as our old one was leaking into the cupboard. Everything is  about 10 years old so of course they are beginning to wear out now.

This is the old one. As you can see it was pretty knackered.

It wasn't easy getting into the little cupboard to undo and do up again.

Peter attaching the new one into place.

Already to have it's cover on

All done and ready to go.

The new awning came on Friday and looks really good. It is made out of the same stuff that truck tarpaulins are made of, so it is strong. It is white so it reflects the light into the kitchen better than the old one which was grey. We had hoped for a silver one, but they didn't have enough fabric to make it with.

Tomorrow we begin our trek northwards. We plan to stop at Miranda, Warkworth, Whangrei and then Hi Hi in Northland. That's the plan, but time will tell.

We had a feed of fish when Eddie and Peter put out the long line last Thursday. If the sea is ok this afternoon they will put it out again. With only the kayak to go out on they like to choose their days when it isn't too bumpy.