Kurow

New Years Day today and I was up early for a shower with the 10,000 dead moths everywhere through the amenity block - covering the floor, shower, basins and still clinging to the shower curtain although inert! I'm not sure which is the worst - the dead moths here or all the dead mozzies that were at our Tekapo camp. At least they are dead and don't bite!
We ended up with a quiet New Years Eve - bagpipes were played in the campground at 9.00pm and there were a couple of girls dancing the Highland fling which was good as it brought everyone out of their caves.
They did Auld Lang Syne in the communal lodge at midnight and I could hear it but we had just succumbed to bed and Len was already asleep! We hadn't had much sleep the night before with some young people beside us in tents coming home from the Pub between midnight and 3.00am and then they were awake, talking and laughing again at 6.00am! We were rather pleased that they packed up and left yesterday before New Years Eve even though they were nice people. We are showing our age!
Yesterday we played golf on the Kurow Course ( Kurow is Ritchie McCaws home ground - I think he went to primary school here and played in the Kurow under 13's).
The course was flat, dry and quiet and we enjoyed being out as we haven't played much golf in the last couple of weeks. An easy course so we were both happy with our scores.
We were intending to head on to Oamaru today but there are galeforce winds and we decided it was wise to stay put for another day. We have had a very relaxing time doing a "crossword" jigsaw puzzle given to us by Gladys and Earle.
The only exercise we have had today was to revisit the plum tree by the river which is covered in tiny yellowy-green plums which didn't make us ill when we ate them on Sunday so we now have a good bagful!

The end of a hard days "work"

A plum job for a good picker!

There are more caravans arriving here as I write this as there has been a lot of rain in the alps - the Milford track has closed and the rivers are rising so people have had to leave some of the camping areas along the rivers and lakes.
There may be heavy rain here tonight but the wind should die down and we will head to Oamaru tomorrow.