A visit to Keri Keri

Yesterday ( Saturday 8th) we went to Keri Keri to meet up with friends from Hamilton, who are staying over at Opononi. We had a look in the Stone Store and then had a lovely lunch at the Pear Tree Cafe over the road from the store.
The store has been operating since 1836 and is the longest operating store in the country. I bought a little wooden spoon to put into the salt container and Jeaneen bought some merino gloves.

Eddie and I at the Stone Store. Photo Jeaneen.

View from the Pear Tree Cafe looking down the river.

It was a beautiful day and the sun streamed into the cafe. Above is the view we had while we ate our lunch.

A selfie .

After lunch Eddie and I did a bit of shopping; meths being high on the list! I finally got a new battery for my watch, that has been flat since we were in Papamoa. I just have never got around to getting one. It seems a bit weird to be wearing a watch now after all this time.

Today ( Sunday) is quite a different day with lots of wind and a few showers about. It is supposed to get up to about 100 k winds this afternoon, so we have moved away from the water's edge towards the back of the camp with our nose pointing into the wind and the truck in front of  us. We are getting good at this sort of thing now. I hung the washing on the line this morning and it was nearly dry in 2 hours. Another hour and it would have been dry, but the rain has returned.