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Day 376 – Winery crawl
At 2 am this morning, the clocks have gone forward so we have one hour less of sleep ☹️ Nevertheless, we have a plunger coffee before getting up and driving down to Hastings for the Sunday Hawkes Bay Farmers Market Lots of fresh produce stalls from places all over the Hawkes Bay; we get a…
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Day 375 – “Mordor, Gandalf. Is it left or right?”
Up for breakfast at our B&B before packing up and getting straight on the road A quick stop at Sugar & Spice Cafe Upper Hutt to caffeinate us fully A little further along the road, we stop at the Twin Lakes lookout before reaching Kaitoke Regional Park This is another filming location for LotR but…
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Day 373 – Giving it a bit of Welly
We have a hotel plunger coffee before getting ready for the day After checking out, we head off to a treat of a Maccie’s breakfast of a “Mac Attack” meal deal – we justify as they don’t do pork sausage patties in their breakfast meals here for some reason On the road, Dave drives for…
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Day 372 – Walking up an active volcanic mountain
We pack up and check out, for the second time, of The Devon Hotel The first point of call is New World (a supermarket) to get some supplies as well as have some brekkie Bacon & egg bagel, pesto & basil pasta and a couple of flat whites After, we get on the road and…
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Day 371 – Zoo and double dinner
Oddly today, we have to check out of the hotel even though we have another night here (we added another night to be able to do an activity tomorrow, with hope of better weather) We do so and get on the road to Rise & Shine café for bacon & egg muffin, chicken & leek…
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Day 370 – Up to not much around New Plymouth
A slow start this morning but we get on with a bit of admin and they have a coffee machine in our room which is a bonus We are ready and head out around noon; we have a place in mind for some brunch but it’s annoyingly closed today Inglewood has a backup plan for…
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Day 369 – Snow in Mordor
Porridge for brekkie before we pack up and hit the road; we grab a coffee each first, from Delta Coffee Our journey begins entering Modor, from Lord of the Rings (LotR) – the weather’s not great so we don’t get an amazing view of what is meant to be Mount Doom (Mount Ngauruhoe) We drive…
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Day 366 – Lake Rotorua and Mount Ngongotaha
Slow morning with our plunger coffee As we get peckish, we get ready and head out to explore if we can find any cheap eats for lunch We do struggle but find Cocoffee Takeaway for coffee, pancakes and burger After, we wander towards Lake Rotorua as there’s a walk through the thermal activity, starting at…
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Day 365 – One year anniversary!
We check out and head over to Sisterfields Hamilton for a couple of coffee and morning bun deals and cross the road to find Victoria On The River To kickstart our day, we ride in the car to Taitua Arboretum Upon arriving, we’re welcomed by a flock of chickens and ducks as well as a…
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Day 364 – Hibernating in Hamilton
Feeling a bit poorly, we don’t get up to much today We pop out to go collect some lunch from Domino’s A butter chicken pizza, a supreme chicken pizza – both “extra large” – some wedges and cheese stuffed bread (see featured image) In the eve, we pop out to Thai House Express Spicy fried…