Sunday

I forgot to take the bacon out of the freezer last night so we just had poached eggs on toast this morning for breakfast.

We thought we would go and have a walk around the Mount to see the new penguin sculpture but when we got down there is was so busy and we couldn't park so we went into the town instead and will see the penguins another day.

After our disastrous coffee yesterday we decided to play safe and go to Café 88, they have good coffee and cakes and muffins to die for. Unfortunately, holiday weekend, everyone else thought he same and we could hardly get in the door and no tables to be found.

We then went to try out a new café which was never very good but is now called Molly's Tea Rooms and has had a makeover. I had a cup of tea there the other day with Margaret but coffee is a different matter!! It is next-door to Chalet Suisse where we were yesterday and they share the same seating area on the cruise deck.

The cabinet food did not look particularly good and the muffins not really appealing but we thought we would give it a try - big mistake! The lemon muffin came first and was awful and had obviously past its best by date so we left that and after about 20 minutes the coffee came. We told the waitress that the muffin was not good and she took it away and brought us a little dish of marshmallows. The coffee was not bad but only lukewarm so we drank it and left and didn't bother with the marshmallows.

We wished we had gone back to the Chalet Suisse as they didn't seem in such a panic today. Molly is going to have to up her game if she wants to make a success of this café there are too many options around. They say they serve high tea but I didn't see anything in the cabinet that appealed to me for high tea so not sure what they serve.

We had a walk around the farmers market and bought some very nice 'new potatoes' you don't see them often here in NZ. Jon also bought a pasty for his lunch.

I found a nice bag I liked for summer which is blue and white with pink stripy lining so Jon told me to buy it - I don't need telling twice!!

We passed by one of the cafes that had been very busy earlier so we stopped for a proper coffee.

On our way home we went to one of the DIY superstores to have a look at a bbq. Jon wants us to change ours to have a good one to take home with us to UK as there is far more choice here in gas bbqs and they are cheaper. We also looked at some new deck furniture that would also come back with us.

We finally went home and had lunch.

I spent the afternoon trying to sort out the memory card from my phone and upload some photos. When I got my new camera I put a memory card in and deleted all the photos from it as they were on the computer and it said it was clear. However, when I put it in the computer to upload the new photos I took all the old ones are still on the card but when it is in the camera it says it is empty!! If anyone knows why this should be or how I sort it I would appreciate the help!

I cooked a chicken with a whole head of garlic and white wine for dinner and we had some of the new potatoes yum!

We watched some TV which is now enjoyable since Jon got his headphones working I am not blasted out of the room.

Looking at the news and reading about the storm coming into UK is a bit of a worry and I hope everyone will be OK.


WEATHER
Sunny with cloudy spells and a few showers 22 degrees