A day off

No action today - we were all shattered after so much excitement. A leisurely two hour drive across some forested hills, then past pretty Nelson (three Thai restaurants within 5 minutes - our kind of town), to Kaiteriteri and its Motor Camp. A bit of a contrast to last night - and in fact everywhere we've stayed (the so-called Holiday Parks are more accurately small, landscaped campsites). But this really is a Holiday Park - rows and rows of caravans, motorhomes and tents, with gazebos and barbecues and canoes/kayaks and even motorboats in between. But we have a view of the pretty golden-sand beach; and have had a recuperative afternoon of lounging and sand castles. Back to the action again tomorrow. 

A day off photos too - our phones were out of battery all day after a night without electric hook-up, so stayed in the van. But I have managed to get up-to-date with the photos for "A winery in our finery" and "Messing about in boats". We've just run out of wifi so that's it for photo uploading for now, but I'll carry on when I can...