jane went off early this morning to run to her friend Biffy’s house so they could go on a walk and then she could run back. Then we drove to a little hippy town called Titirangi on the edge of the local rainforest for breakfast. we went to a place called Takahe which is the name of a native NZ bird. not sure whether that’s why they had an ‘early bird special’.
We ordered our food which was very nice but took nearly an hour to arrive. no apologies or discount. shame.
there was a little old anglican church in the town so we popped our head in. i was intrigued by the lych gate thing which was almost bigger in size than the teeny church. standing underneath it turned out to be the bell tower.
anyway, after that we drove to the rain forest information centre thing which we went to when we visited for our scouting trip last year. when we went then the whole place was surrounded by cloud and we didn’t see the view properly at all (in fact the first time we went in we didn’t even realise there was a view !). Once we’re had our fill of leaflets and books we drove to a walk, but then i felt quite ill so we came home again. very annoying for everyone.
so this afternoon i went to bed and jane took the girls swimming.
then this evening we went out for a meal at Biffy’s house (i still wasn’t feeling great, but well enough to go). They’d invited another family who esther and kezia knew through school as the lady works in the school library. at about 9pm we decided to play a game of cranium which went quite well considering it was well past everyone’s bedtime
bed for me now as i’m on church sound tomorrow morning which means leaving here just after 6.30am.
toodle pip