A Covid Christmas

Enjoying Christmas Dinner
 

My Christmas present was the arrival of B for an extended visit over the summer months. 

 

Bev spent two weeks in managed isolation which she says was a good experience despite having to be confined in one spot for two weeks.  The staff were helpful and friendly and all her wants were generally taken care of.  Bev arrived in Wellington on the 24th just in time for Christmas.  It was lovely seeing her again.  After dropping the car off at home we walked up to Kelburn Village for a coffee and then while Bev got pampered at the hairdressers I wandered home to bring up her bag.

 

We had a quiet Christmas, just the two of us sharing a fancy meal at Logan Brown.  A fine dining experience on Christmas Day was not to be missed.  The staff were great as was the food. The day was so nice we were able to walk to and from the restaurant.  It was quite a treat after what had been rather wet and cool weather.

 

However, this was not to last and the following day the weather deteriorated and became quite cool.  This state of affairs continued for about a week. 

We went over to Martinborough for a night hoping for some warm weather but unfortunately it was quite cold.  However, we were able to go for a bike ride, a circuit that took in Te Muna Road.  Only 20 kilometres but it was a good workout and nice practice for the upcoming cycling we will be doing in the South Island.  My sister and brother-in-law had come over to have lunch with us at Moy House.  It was still cold and they had a fire on in the restaurant to keep us warm.  What a contrast to the warmth that usually characterises Martinborough at that time of the year.   The food was good but the prices were sky high making it a less than value for money proposition.

Before we left for Wellingtonwe were able to buy some tree ripened apricots. Very yummy they were.

Comments

  1. Lewis15 January 2021 at 11:28

    Great to see the blog. Envious of your holiday though not of the biking bits. Cheers Sydney

    ReplyDelete
  2. Trudy Keenan20 January 2021 at 21:31

    Nice photo of you both :) A lot better than the next one of you Murray!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A farmers market and back to Nelson – 31 January 2021

Image
  One of my favourite farmers' markets is the Marlborough version.   It is not as big as the Hawkes Bay market.   For a long time it only had Marlborough producers but now several producers from Nelson come over and vice versa.   We had a nice wander around and it was a pity we were not heading back Wellington as I would have loaded up with vegetables and fruit.   In the end we had a nice cup of coffee,   something to eat and bought some nice preserves.     In Nelson we stayed again with our friends.   We visited Kiwi Journeys which was nearby, had our briefing for the Good Taste Cycle Trail ride.   The information they provided was very good and their customer service is as good as we have experienced.   The bike mechanic even had a look at our bikes; fixing up a brake and putting air into tyres as well playing with the gears.   I have not had that done before when we have used our own bikes.   We t...
Read more

GTT – a day of two halves – 3 February 2021

Image
  We had a relatively early start as the distance we were riding was longest of the ride.   We had to be at Ngatimoti – about 25 kms away for a pre-booked lunch and after that transported to Tapawera.   The was thus, Kaiteriteri to Ngatimoti and then Tapawera to Wakefield.   The Kaiteriteri entrance The previous day in the Mountainbike Park Bev’s brake cable had come away from its housing.   I managed to fix it satisfactorily, but I thought it might be wise to have it checked by a bike mechanic at Kiwi Cycles which was conveniently located where we were staying.   To get there, we had a short but very steep climb out of Little Kaiteriteri and then down to the bike shop.   The mechanic advised that that the cable needed some work but it was safe to ride in the interim.   Then it was back through the Mountainbike Park.   Bev was much more confident than yesterday and I also enjoyed it more - not being so exhausted.  ...
Read more

Waiting for a car……….. 27 January 2021

Image
  We were hoping the car might be finished today.   I had been told that the car was ok but when idling it apparently sounded like a tractor which had them worried.   All the fault lights were out so that at least was good.   They said they were doing more investigations and that they would let us know what would be happening.   The hotel gave us a late checkout, so we packed ready to go then wandered off to the boulanger in the shopping centre to have a snack and a coffee.   We had brought our books   to read so did that sitting in the shade (it was about 28 degrees).   Finally at 2:30pm we realised we wouldn’t be able to proceed with our travel plans for the day.   We wandered back to the hotel and informed them we were staying.   There was no problem booking an extra night.     The weather then decided to change as predicted and the temperature plummeted.   The rain came in but we were warm an...
Read more