After three days in edgy and buzzy Welly, it was nice to arrive in Martinborough which is a quiet but very pleasant wine town. On the way we negotiated the tricky Rimutaka pass on route 2 which leads to the small town of Featherstone. We have memories of driving over this pass one New Year's day when there were gale force winds, horizontal rain and the motor home at that time shook violently as we turned each corner. It was quiet eerie as there was hardly any other traffic on the road that day and we felt very isolated. None of that weather this year but it is still quite a hard drive.
Martinborough has lovely and very safe cycling territory so Ray was happy to potter around the lanes and vineyards.
There was a very exciting event today when Ray attended a 2 hour Governor Support training session, via Zoom, run by the LA starting at 07:00 NZ time on Wednesday 25th which was 18:00 UK time on Tuesday 24th. The technology performed faultlessly and afterwards there was an even more exciting event as NUFC played Southampton in the first leg of the League Cup semi final. In a tight game the Magpies scored late in the game and once again kept a clean sheet so a 1-0 advantage is taken to the return leg at St James' Park on 31st January.
Afterwards we enjoyed a lovely lunch at Poppies vineyard which we think is new since our last visit to Martinborough. Poppies seems to have cornered the market in vineyard lunches, it was very busy on all three days we have been here and we needed to book. We cycled there and back but the LLW was insistent that we take the shortest route and particularly on the way back after Ray was allowed two glasses of Pinot Noir.
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