The Fields are White unto Harvest (John 4:35)

Woke at 2.30am this morning and knew we were in for a cold 🥶 start for the day. To help thaw the shock, I put the heater on in the van, and 7 hours later the internal temperature was 14deg. Certainly better than the outside temp of -2deg! The things I do to keep the Tour guide happy ❤️. The fields outside were 'white unto harvest'. Sorry to those who may be reading this and don't get the pun 😳.
Dumping was the first order of the day till we got to the Taihape site and found the vehicle lean would have been wrong and there was a tourist van parked there while the driver was daydreaming. So, we headed south.
We stopped in Hunterville to go to the Argyle Hotel. It had featured on Country Calendar some time back. The pub had been forsale for a couple of years and was becoming derelict, and as a major landmark in the town, a group of farmers banded together and purchased it. They did it up and reopened it as a pub and restaurant, each taking responsibility on a roster basis to run it. It has been quite a success, and part of the building along the main street frontage has several small niche businesses operating. We enjoyed a nice brunch there of pancakes, bacon, bananas, and maple syrup 😋. Very yummy!
Next stop was in Sanson, and we had to stop at Viv's Kitchen! There is absolutely no way you can just drive on past it (unless of course it was closed). Purchases have been evidenced by the photo attached.
Finally we got to our FC site in Foxton after using their dump facilities. The site is not signposted, and we were a little hesitant, and the guy who owned the shed in front of us came over and told us the council was slow 🐌 in putting up the signs. While we are only supposed to stay 1 night, he said we were good for 2 or 3 as noone ever checks. That pleased us because we are planning on two nights.
The Tour guide had energy to burn in the afternoon and so cycled to Foxton Beach while I looked after the van because someone had to...right??
After her return it was a walk along the riverbank and through town. We learned then that there is supposed to be a market tomorrow morning and a community fun event celebrating Matariki in the evening. So we should be fully engaged tomorrow.
Its been another great day today with much warmer temperatures expected for tomorrow.Read more