Christmas and New Year

Spent Christmas at Karamea. Leslie cooked an amazing spread for everyone on site. She made far too much though, to the delight of some American girls who spent the next four days eating it up. Spoke to some interesting people but we thought there would be more people there.
Met Mike down at Westport and we decided to visit Denniston mine which is on the top of a hill. Unfortunately there had been a slip a short while before we arrived so the road was closed. Did the Cape Foulwind walkway instead. It ends at a seal colony but there were only five seals lazing on the rocks so not that impressive. The day was made by the Boysenberry ice cream we bought at the little cafe. Boysenberries are like overgrown blackberries and are even better blitzed with frozen yoghurt rather than ice cream.
We moved on to Charleston for New Year. Nice pub next to the campsite where Steve and Mike beat the locals at pool but they closed before midnight so we went back to the campsite where most people were in bed. I sang Auld Lang Syne at midnight and went to bed😜Read more