Rahui - Alert level 3, day 7

A week ago New Zealand went down one alert level, to level 3. Basically level 4 but with take out, which I read somewhere 😝 it made me laugh. It was a little bit more than that of course, some work places were able to return to work, as long as they were able to practice safe distancing etc as advised by the government.Some schools reopened allowing children of parents who were able to return to work but had no other child care available to them. It also meant you could travel up to 40kms for exercise. Not really sure how I feel about that, far too many thinking that it was all over and decided to hold parties etc, the NZ police page wrote "Under Alert Level 3 (as at 6pm (30 April) yesterday), there have been 281 breaches of the Civil Defence Emergency Management and Health acts, with 77 prosecutions, 180 warnings and 24 youth referrals.
I only have one thing to say about that, f*cking idiots!!

Anyway moving on, this level meant we could use the car to take the dogs to the beach, it's less than 5 mins drive.

Joe got home from work earlier than usual on Thursday,

 it was a glorious day so we went to the beach.

During the past week there was a fire on this cliff, it burned quite a long way along the stretch you can see in the photo

 It looks deserted but there were a number of people on the beach, 

all in their own bubbles and enjoying the sun

At home the dogs have been sunbathing on the deck

I made more feijoa relish and passionfruit syrup

That's me done with the preserving for now, I've used all the jars

I tried this

Nice but very sweet

Level 3 meant a start was made on connecting us to Ultra fast Fibre

Not sure how long we'll need to wait for connection

After I just said I was done with preserving, I found these photos

Lemon honey/curd, but made with Seville oranges that were still on the tree back at the farm, it worked ok but it's a little bitter. In case you don't know, Seville oranges are marmalade oranges, high pectin content, very sharp and not suitable as eating oranges.

I made an attempt at Lemon meringue pie, even though it looks okay I'm going to try a different recipe next time, and I'm  not good at making pastry

Saturday we were back at the beach, bright and early this time, 7am to be exact, the aim was to avoid lots of people s we could let the dogs off the lead

Warning! Loud whistling in the first video!! Turn the volume down, I might deafen you!

The obligatory dogs posing on rock photo

Level 3 means fishing from the beach is  now allowed

In a week we find out if we are able to drop another level. I hope we do but only if our Covid 19 cases remain low, or as was the case today, '0' new cases.

Not sure it will continue like that, I hope it does, it really depends on the behaviour of others and whether they stick to the rules or not. 

I'm not a lover of rules but if I break the rules of lock down, my actions could affect someone else, and that's not acceptable. So even though I could venture further afield outside of my bubble, the question is, should I?

So stay home where possible, stay safe.

We've almost beaten this thing.

A morning in Raglan

 We had a bit of business to attend to in Raglan this morning, and as we had a few minutes to spare before an appointment, we sat and enjoyed the view for a while.

  As Joe was dealing with that I had a wander around a few shops until I was needed to sign some paperwork.

The tide was coming in fast

On the horizon you can see the waves on the bar which can be notoriously bad to cross as you leave the harbour, many a boat has overturned there.

Kayakers and paddle boarders are often seen here, you can hire these and go on tours around the harbour, you can also take a pleasure cruise on that small boat that is moored to the jetty in the video

After our appointment we grabbed a couple of flat white coffees from Raglan Roast with a ginger crunch slice to take to Lorenzen Bay

I rather like this quirky building

It was a glorious morning and it made us feel very reluctant to leave, but Joe had to head back to work this afternoon, I think the reality of our move is starting to sink in and with just 17 sleeps to go it's getting closer by the day.

This bay is about 0.7kms from where we will be living, it's just beautiful and so very peaceful

It's like we're living in a dream

If you continue on past that tree you'll eventually get to the Wharf when we often have fish and chips, how cool would it be to putter there in a boat, have some fish and chips and putter back.

Then it was back home, we had a really productive day yesterday and for the first time in ages we had a really good nights sleep. Michael came and helped Joe move more furniture.

The leather suite from the TV room is now in the lounge ready for moving day

The snoozing sofas are now in the TV room, these are staying

 

 

We did a fair bit of tidying too yesterday, it was beginning to drive me mad, I like my chaos to be organised and it was rapidly getting out of control.
It's looking so much better today and quite spacious,
the book case is coming to Raglan

This room is slowly filling but at least there's not too much more furniture to go in there, just our bedroom stuff really, the rest will be boxes.

Kitchen and pantry to do next then my job inside is done.

I don't envy Joe the task of his garage, workshop and everywhere else. The good thing about those areas are that we are not on such a tight time frame. It still has to be done obviously but there's no pressure, Michael has things he needs to move in there sooner, rather than later.

Since I've got home all I've managed to do is this blog post and read some of my Te Pahu book club choice. I have to finish it by Thursday evening. Less than a hundred pages to go, so I'll get back to it and catch ya laters alligators

******17 more sleeps******

love from

 The Webbers