Monday morning and we are feeling rather relaxed, there is only a few things to do before picking up Joanne. The wind is really bad, but she is flying in on one of those big Emirates flights.

First job is to get the camper to the rust man, he should have it all fixed by the time we return. We get back and I take a chance to do some last minute emails and blog catch up. I also finish off cleaning the pantry for Liz.

The car is packed and now we are twiddling our thumbs waiting to pick up Joanne. Her flight is a little delayed but it doesn’t take her long to get through customs. It is 3.20pm, we do a quick supermarket shop and head for Mt Potts Lodge.

The drive is lovely and scenic. We arrive just before sunset. The staff are really friendly and we have the place to ourselves. They let us use their commercial kitchen and Rowan finds a 3kg can of beans haha. The place is in a great location, but it is quite dated. It doesn’t look like it has had anything but basic maintenance since the 70s. It is clean, comfortable and we quite like it here. They used to have a lot of business pre Covid with lots of people coming to Mt Sunday to see the site for Edoras for all the Lord Of The Rings fans.

They let us use their commercial kitchen to cook dinner. We had a picky plate of cheese and crackers and ended up too full for dinner. Around 9.30pm we had dinner. By then I was knackered and ready for sleep.