Masterton

It was the airshow - Wings over Wairarapa on the long weekend and so we decided to stay over.  Harry went to the airshow and that will be another blog, but I went for a long bike ride around Masterton on that day, caught up with Cheryl and then we went to Nicki and Dave's parents place for a barbeque in the evening. Harry had a ride in the helicopter.

We also went to Castlepoint.  And for the first time walked up over the hills looking over the bay and the reef.  It was a great sunny day, a tad windy at the top so we didn't climb the narrow path to the top.  After visiting the lighthouse we went back to the car the long way and got a bit more exercise and then sat in the sun and read the newspaper for a while.

One night we looked through the Entertainment Guide and decided to go to the Aberdeen for dinner.  It was within walking distance, we booked and then wandered down.  It was a busy night.  We ordered, read our newspapers - 30 minutes later the waitress came and asked if we would like a complementary drink.  "Yes please" we said "how about the ones we ordered".  The meals came 25 minutes later - very very nice food - the best vege stack I have ever tasted.  Harry had fish cos they had run out of steak (all except the sirloin, which wasn't on the menu, and why they hadn't run out).  But due to the wait, we were offered free desserts, which I couldn't eat but Harry could.  With the voucher, the whole meal cost us $19.50 - not a bad price really!! And we enjoyed the relaxing time as we sat and caught up on the news. The next day we went to the Pinnacles and enjoyed another nice walk up the hill and down the river.  We drove along to Ngawi (where tractors go to retire), had fish and chips on the beach, and headed back to Wellington.