Kerry was back to work today (Monday) and we missed her after our lovely time together. The rest of us went to the famous Weta Workshops where so much model work and special effects were made for the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films. We had a lovely, young, and in his own words “geeky” guide, who had an encyclopaedic knowledge of all things Weta. We saw all sorts of helmets and spears from the films, with explanations of how they were designed. It was fascinating. The second part of the tour was a temporary exhibition about the Thunderbirds, known to James and I from the 1960s and to Jamie from the 1990s revival, so we all enjoyed that. Jamie took us to lunch at Scorch-o-Rama, a great wee beach bar. The New Zealanders really know how to do brunch very well!
In the afternoon we decided to get Jamie’s birthday present; he has been wanting to get a power drill so off we went to a warehouse style shop which was B&Q in all but name! James and Jamie deliberated about their choice and then couldn’t wait to get back to the house to play with Jamie’s new toy!
We went to a really great wee tapas restaurant for dinner, just the three of us because Kerry was working until midnight. Then we had a night time walk around the harbour, chatting and enjoying the warm evening.
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