Despite my weariness from the last few nights and the late night last night I still didn’t sleep well. Tortie the cat followed us up to the bunk house last night. She came to hunt for mice and ended up being upset that I wouldn’t let her sleep on my feather sleeping bag with me. Tortie was part of the reason for my lack of sleep. I left Rowan to sleep a bit longer and I made my way down to Arnica’s house. The pet sheep was on the deck.

Arnica and Sharn had a bit of farm work to do but she said she will be done. by lunch time. I am welcome to have some breakfast and chill in her house. I take the opportunity to start planning the next few days. I really want to finish the Cape Reinga leg before heading over to Sydney for Bette’s birthday. The weather has other ideas, it is not working in our favour. My grandpa is going in for heart surgery early July and I wonder if I should stick around for that. The problem is we will be twiddling thumbs for at least a week. I call my dad and let him know we are heading his way and ask if it is okay. Our passports are at his place.

I look into going straight to Hobart to see Rowan’s aunty first. We end up putting that in the too hard pile for short notice. There is too much to organise with hire car and accommodation. Sharn & Arnica finish working and Sharn is heading into Hamilton to the baby show. Nicole and Sharn are happy to take us to the holiday park.

We say our goodbyes and thank them both for their hospitality. Not long after they leave we realise we have left our rubber mats in the back of their car. Lucky for us they will drop them off before they head back to the farm. Once settled in we find a bus to get us to Auckland. My lovely Dad says he will pick us up from the Manukau Bus Station. We have an early dinner and get into bed, I am pretty tired.