Long week – was so happy to make it to the weekend. Wednesday and Thursday in work I was filling in for the group of people who provide IT support for the general public who ring up and have problems with our site… Not something I am used to!
Anyways – the weekend… On Friday night headed up to Hanmer Springs with Matt (bloke wot I met up at Broken River a couple of weeks ago) and his friend Dale. Stopped off three times along the way. Once, at The Brew Moon.. a microbrewery I have passed countless times and have always wanted to check out. Well worth doing so.. can recommend ‘The Dark Side of the Moon‘, I think it was anyway.
Then, stopped off in The Hurunui Pub – an old (18somethinoroother) pub.. for another pint .. and finally in Cheviot – where, according to Dale there was a picture of the owners with The Fonz from Happy Days. Unfortunately the cafe had changed hands so no pictures to show. sigh. Out for a couple more pints (followed by some tequila chasers) and bed.
Woke up to the sound of muchos wind. And then the snowreport saying that Hanmer Skifield (Amuri) was closed. So off for a drive – to Maruia. The others hadn’t been there before. Seemed a little funny to drive an hour and a half further up the road to go to hotpools.. but still, it is a far nicer setting.
So, in the pools by 10am, polishing off the bottle of tequila.. We were even called ‘Yobs’ by a lady in the pool, but, she was joking (honestly) and even came to say sorry to me before she left!! hehe, I didn’t think I’d objected that strongly..
Mind you, when I got out of the pools I felt pretty damn toasted.. I think my alcohol tolerance (at least that imbibed in hot pools) isn’t as high as it used to be!.
Lazy evening, cooked an amazing dinner, and this time early bed for what promised to be a better day (weather wise) tomorrow.
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