Pre dinner drinks at The Rusty Pelican

Mid afternoon today we drove north to the beach house, and after a wind down, went to Matakana to a Pizzeria, the Rusty Pelican. There we met S's cousins P and L and L's wife G. P is only a few days away from leaving New Zealand again, on a slow trip back to London. It has been good being able to spend time with her, and with other whanau.

Tomorrow we are hosting lunch at the beach house; our daughters may come up, unless the weather is like it was intermittently today; strong winds and heavy rain. I'm hoping for the opportunity to get down to the mud-flats at the changing of the tide, as that tends to bring out the waders.