New Awning

The weather is still showery and driving everyone to distraction. We had a sunny day on Saturday and hoped Sunday would be the same, but no such luck.

We had to re configure the pellets that are our patio and under plywood. Eddie unscrewed the plywood and we were easily able to pull the pellets out to turn them. Getting them back in wasn't as easy, as the weed mat kept getting hooked up, but we got there eventually. We were pooped though and our backs weren't that happy either!
However, now our door way won't get went when it rains.

inside the awning

awning front

awning back

Pauanui

It is going to be sunny today and tomorrow too. It will be a nice change.

We had a lovely week off work and went to  Pauanui for a few days. Such a lovely place. We went with Eddie's sister and her husband. We stayed in a bach that belongs to her step daughter.

On Wednesday we had a bit of a walk down to check out the beach. It was still there ha ha and looking lovely.

On Thursday we decided to find our way to Eddie's niece's bach.  We put the GPS on in the phone, but I think we did a wrong turn, so we gave up on that and just navigated by instinct. Janice sort of knew where we were going. By the time we got back home, we had walked 6 ks. (according to my watch).  

Eddie and I went and put the fishing line in the water in the afternoon, but no luck. It was nice to be out in the fresh air and the sunshine though.

On Friday Eddie had another go at fishing and Janice and I did a walk along the Pauanui Tairua track. It hasn't got to Tairua yet, but it is about half way there. We walked to Duck Creek. Whio Whio ducks live there, but we never saw any. We did 8.8 ks by the time we got back to the car.  Eddie had no luck in the fishing department, so we went for dinner at the local working men's club. Very nice too.

We came home on Saturday and caught up on some jobs around the place.  Eddie did some throwing out of stuff he hasn't used since we have been in the van. It's amazing how we keep finding things we haven't used. I did a drawer last week and took some stuff to the op shop.

Pictures of our walk on Friday.

Start of the trail

Board walk and reflections

river views

river views

Duck Creek. The turn around point.

Janice and a seat with bromiliades growing

of awnings and washing machines.

I didn't do a message last week as there didn't seem to be anything to write about. This week there seems to be oodles. Such is life.

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The weather is still showery, but not overly cold, so that's a bonus I guess.

We are on holiday this week. We were going to go to Simpsons Beach in the van, but the truck is getting work done for it's COF (certificate of fitness). It should be ready today. The weather isn't going to be too good all week, so we have decided to stay home instead.

We are planning to go to Pauanui on Thursday for a few days with Eddie's sister. Her step daughter has a bach there, that we are going to use.

We have added walls to our awning, to make another room. We have 2 sides and we are waiting for the lady to come today to put in the 3^rd side, which is the side the weather mostly comes in, so it will shelter the steps nicely. There are windows in the front and a door on each end. 

You aren't going to believe this, but we have bought yet another washing machine. We have just about had as many in the last 2 and a half years as we have had in the 48 years we have been married. The last one was getting very rattly. When we installed it, we had the drain hose at a 500 mm rise. One day it wouldn't pump until we took it outside and it went. On reading the manual we discovered the rise for the drain hose was only supposed to be 100 mm. Whoops! The poor little pump had been working over time. We put it back in and redirected the hose, but it was making a nasty rattling noise as it pumped out the water. Now we have a front door loading machine which is made for small apartments.  Eddie has had to shorten some drawers to get it in under the bench. I can still get everything in the drawers, so that's ok. I will be able to fit my winter sheets in, so that's a bonus. I won't have to go to the laundry anymore.