Tirau

Left a beautiful sunny Tauranga to be met with drizzle and thick fog once near the top of the Kaimais. Weather still the same at the Tirau Golf Course but we were given a very warm welcome by the 2 amiable men in the office and once we had played a few holes the clouds and fog disappeared to reveal a magical, sunny and very warm day.
Loved the course despite the odd little hills and it was very quiet. Was quite pleased that I could do the odd good shot with the lay-off time that I've had.
I had my first golf club shower experience. Just one shower in the ladies and it was fairly aged but I was full of confidence, stripped off and turned on the shower mixer. But ........ there was no water at all forthcoming! I stood shivering in the little shub which had 2 plain taps above it, but no plug, and decided to see if the bottom taps worked. They did! And the water from the hot tap was just the right temperature so there I was crouching down in this little shallow "tub" trying to soap and splash myself adequately with the hot tap! I'm sure I came out cleaner than I went in though which was the object. Len's shower was fine by the way except that the shower didn't drain and by the time he got out the duckboard, which was previously immovable, was floating!
There were a few vets from Tauranga in the clubrooms afterwards and we met up with a couple whom I knew 30 odd years ago, Cherie and Rex. I used to play netball with Cherie! I'm sure we will be reminded on lots of occasions what a small world we live in.

Cheeky washing line at golf club

It's now Monday and we had planned to have a cycling day on the track from Lake Karapiro but it is again foggy and raining and as we are flexible with our itinerary we might go to Cambridge and trade the bike ride for a day catching up on reading while we get our noisy fan belt looked at. It's OK once we have been driving for 5 minutes but I have to pull my hoodie over my head for the first mile or two!