Last night ate dinner with the family which was fish caught locally. Afterwards Barry invited Jeff to join him on his evening shoot! Drove his jeep up into the hills and there Barry stalked and shot a turkey[gobbler], plucked it, cut it open and gutted it- not for the faint -hearted. Returned after a couple of hours and turkey put in their 'chiller' [ 'chilling more like] which is a walk-in fridge in the farmyard - contents - 1 duck, 1 hare, 1 wild boar[ shot by Barry the other day - it is 2m in length, weighing about 250lb and covered in long greyish-white hair; it has to be skinned unlike a domestic pig!], various chunks of lamb and beef and finally the turkey - again not for the faint-hearted!
Had breakfast with our hosts who obviously got up earlier than usual to see us off. Set off at 7am and it was quite hilly for first 25 miles. Linda 'I've counted 8 hills so far not that I'm counting - I thought you said it wasn't hilly!'
Another beautiful day with no head wind so made good progress. Arrived at our motel in Amberley after 55 miles. Our accomodation is a self-contained unit with sittingroom/ kitchen, bedroom and bathroom together with our own sitting area outside - quite the poshist place we have stayed at since leaving Auckland. Just finished eating our own prepared meal and will shortly be watching a DVD provided by our hosts.
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