14 April 2016
Off for a couple of days break over the hill to do some fishing. Left after organising repairs to Murano & garage door (Mike) after I backed into the garage with the door not completely up (dinging both car and garage door) & selling raffle tickets for Victim Support at New World from 9:30 - 10:30 (me). Stopped at Wrinklies for the standard lunch. Also went into Twizel to see if they had a wee storage think for worm lines - nothing - before parking up at Ohau B.
Off for a couple of days break over the hill to do some fishing. Left after organising repairs to Murano & garage door (Mike) after I backed into the garage with the door not completely up (dinging both car and garage door) & selling raffle tickets for Victim Support at New World from 9:30 - 10:30 (me). Stopped at Wrinklies for the standard lunch. Also went into Twizel to see if they had a wee storage think for worm lines - nothing - before parking up at Ohau B.
Not a thing, & breeze got up so left around 4pm to go and park up at our favourite spot beside Lake Ruataniwha. Spent the next while enjoying warm sun and chilling. As soon as sun set at 17:35 the temp dropped markedly so we moved inside not long after. Waiting to see if we can see the Aurora as it was supposedly spectacular last night & there's still a chance tonight. No aurora but we did have a lovely tea of Japanese coleslaw and bbq chicken. Bed at 21:30 ish.
15 April 2016
Up at 7:40 after a good sleep - yay, first sleep in for weeks! 2.4 degrees, clear calm and sunny. It's going to be a good day! Apart from the fact that not only did I forget the eggs - I also didn't bring the tomato sauce. Sacrilege - I am not flavour of the month right now lol. Fished above Ohau A all day. 
I caught 3 fish - none legal and 2 only just over chocolate fish size. Beautiful day though - shorts, t-shirts.& jandals weather (except for Mike, who forgot to pack his jandals! This is the "forgot to pack" trip!). Brownie & Gaye called past to say hi on their way to Central and then we packed up to dump and buy some eggs.
Back to beside Lake Ruataniwha (but further out so as to catch earlier sun tomorrow morning) wjere we sat outside in our shorts (! - it's half way into autumn!) til sundown. Met a local couple with a black cocker and talked to them for a while too. Bed at about 21:30.
Saturday 16 April 2016
Up at 06:50 as Roxie needed out. 3 degrees and calm. Going to be another good day. Will have a wee fish before heading home to get ready for shift tomorrow. Fished til 11:45 - nothing. Another glorious morning and a bit bummed reality beckons.
Called in and saw Bones & Debs for 20 minutes or so before hitting the road. Stopped at Ahuriri for a lunch of leftovers and now 13:30 & carrying on to Cromwell to do some shopping.
