My attempt to get up earlier met with only partial success and after breakfast I went for another stroll down the town with Mum, left her and her trolley to do shopping, and went on tour of the old village.
Mum heads off down the main drag with her trusty trolley
I brought a couple more old rugby books from the second hand book store, a couple of videos and a newspaper from Whitcoulls, and came home for lunch (chicken and salad) at 1. Then I went for a drive down to the tourist kiosk where I loaded up on maps and tourist info, before driving off up Gladstone Rd, Bateups Rd, Paton Rd, Hill St, Whites Rd etc around the foot hills for good views of Richmond and the Waimea Plain. I had a brief coffee and snack at the Village Cafe and came home to formulate my touristy plans. Mum expressed a keen interest in a launch tour of the Marlborough Sounds so that could be well on the cards. I nipped up to the Sprig and Fern for a pint at 5 and a chat with Tony Satherley, then had to go down to the Rendezvous for fish and chips because the Queen Street F&C was closed on a Monday. The Rendezvous is run by Asians, and my experience of Asians and fish and chips has not been happy, so it was a pleasant surprise to get my fish, NZ hot dog and chips home and find they were reasonably good. A nice little dinner while watching the news and weather, followed by a relaxing evening reading and listening to the clock tick, and also tock. I can feel the muscles relaxing more with every one of them. Unfortunately the muscles holding the eyes open are similarly affected and staying awake becomes something of a problem.
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