Wednesday 5th November
A mechanic in a little quiet garage in Ouruhia, down the road from "Mousehole" put in a new house battery alternator belt on Monday so that was great - all the squeaky noises have gone once again. We spent an hour or so down at Spencer Park beach again while waiting for the belt to come from Christchurch and then once it was fixed we decided we had time to place a round of golf up the road at Everglades 9 hole course where I finally managed to break 100 with 99 for 18 holes. It was a nice feeling even though it was a short, flat easy course. We stayed the night at the club even though there was no-one about to get permission from and were away before the 9 hole ladies started in the morning.
After dumping the grey waste and doing a bit of shopping we made the mistake of heading to another golf course, this time the Windsor Course out at Marshland. It is interesting, but difficult with lots of bunkers (and I found many) and very fast greens especially compared with all the little country courses we have been playing on. It was a real challenge and naturally I went from my best score ever to one of my worst ever (which is what happens at golf - except for Len who is much steadier then me - if he starts badly he can usually turn it round by the 2nd nine).
Anyway we stayed the night in the carpark here, with permission, and on waking I decided that the best option for me was to "get back on the horse" again to try and forget my dog of a game so out we went early this morning before the men got started. And even though I still found a couple of bunkers I did do some better shots so hopefully confidence is restored for next time!
This afternoon we are heading to our friends, Helen (who I flatted with in Dunedin at Physio School) and Bill's house, in Christchurch where we will have a lovely catch-up for a night or 2. They have had a lot of earthquake damage (big chimneys down, lots of cracks and uneven floors etc) and are still waiting for some action towards fixing it. They are amazing how they are coping with it all.
We have had a lovely warm summers morning depite the weather forecast saying we would have gale force winds which, as I write, have just suddenly started. Time to get to our next destination to avoid being blown over I think!
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