Some sad news for me.

We both had a really good sleep after last night and it was nice to wake at a normal time.

Jon watched the F1 while I had a shower. What a lot of rain in the UK. NZ comes into its own in the winter. You expect good weather in the summer but you appreciate good weather in the winter when you know it should be cold!! We will miss it so much when we leave.

We took Tot out and then went into Tauranga and sat outside another cafe, that Jon has never been to, and enjoyed a coffee and a muffin. I find all these lovely places to go to, such a hard job!!

We then popped into the supermarket for a paper and a few bits.

We got back and sat on the deck and read the papers and watched the families in the park and the people out on kayaks and sail boards not to mention the hardy little souls who were actually playing 'in' the water!! Far too cold for me. I had to change into a T shirt as it was too hot.

We had lunch, leftover pork from last nigh in Turkish bread and it was very yummy.

Later this afternoon I set the fire as I thought Jon might want a sleep but he has manged to stay awake all day which is a good sign.

We do know it is winter here as once the sun starts to go down the temperature drops quite quickly.

I made a vegetable, chickpea and chicken curry for dinner tonight. Just as I was finishing cooking a friend from Lions called me to tell me that the husband of one of our ladies from Lions had died suddenly on Friday. I feel so sad about it, he was such a lovely man and I had had a lovely chat to him at our last meeting. I had thought he was not looking good but they had just come back from his brothers funeral so it was understandable. How cruel is life when things like this happen. This lady, Christine, is only the same age as me but her husband was older than her, so sad. I have emailed her but what do you say as nothing can make it better.

WEATHER
Another beautiful day 15 degrees