Wanaka

Up at 7am which was an hours sleep in compared to our usual Saturdays as Wanaka park run was only 5 mins away.
We drove over to Wanaka Station Park for 7.30am to join the other 80+ runners for this morning’s 5kms. It was their 2yr bday of running the park runs in Wanaka.
We started late at 8.15am but the course was considerably easier than Dunedin as
we ran through the park and then down onto the path at the lakes edge in an out and back 5kms.
Sadly I had a calf injury at 1.5kms so I had a long and painful limp for the following 3.5 kms trying to enjoy the scenery.
Kate had a great run and got in well under her usual time.
On the way home I spent a bit of time standing in Lake Wanaka hoping the healing cold powers would heal my calf which was now seizing up really badly.
Whilst this was happening the truck got another admirer!! Some guy who said he also had one but had never seen a green one- he was impressed!!
We were back at the hostel by 9am, had a shower, packed the truck and checked out at 9.45am.
Straight to Alchemy cafe for breakfast, a
Coffee and the paper all with a lake view.
Next we knew there was our “friend” from the fuel station yesterday ... “Mr Hodges” and his family from Invercargill. They stopped several times for a chat - they were off to Waimate to see Mother Hodges in a home before heading back to Invercargill on Monday. They were really good kiwi folk.

http://www.alchemywanaka.nz/

We left Wanaka to head home via the Lindis Pass at 11.30am and managed to avoid the rain until we got to Kurow when it was hosing down.
The scenery before this however had been stunning.
It was raining heavily as we completed a few jobs in Oamaru- drop off a library book, get some packing tape, but some pain killers and anti-flame etc etc
Back at home by 4.30pm we joined Mary for a coffee, went up to the crib to unpack and do a few jobs ( sort paperwork etc) before heading back down to Mary’s as she had v kindly cooked dinner. On the way we packed the truck with the last few items to take to the tip tmrw am.
The painkillers and anti flamme worked wonders and I could limp barefoot - by tmrw it should be all good ... I hope as we have mowing and spraying to do.... amongst a full page of things to do before leaving on Tuesday.Read more