Auckland

We woke up to clear skies and a great view from the room window.

View from B&B

Had a good breakfast before setting off for Auckland for the day and for a meeting with a guy I met at Harrogate.

Drive in was good, not much traffic.

The place we were going to was right on the quayside, a fantastic location for their offices.

He took us next door to the pub for the meeting !  Excellent !  We had a long chat about living in New Zealand, everything came up in conversation.  another guy from Harrogate also attended, and we were then joined by 2 other blokes from the company.  The meeting soon turned to cricket and the Test match next week.  2 of the guys in the meeting were english.  Anyway, they were very hopefully of placing me, I should have a more formal meeting on Friday next week when we are back in Auckland.

On the boat trip

The meeting went so well that the 2 english guys, who are going to the cricket next week have invited me for a round of golf on Wednesday afternoon if we get to Hamilton early enough, and then for a night out on Wednesday.  The following day we'll be at the cricket, and they have invited us to spend some time with them, on the players balcony !!!  Quality.  Let's hope it comes off.

Once the meeting was finished we had some lunch and went on a boat trip around the harbour.  Very nice indeed.  A good way to see the area from a different perspective.

We had a mooch around the centre, loads of shops and eateries before coming back the scenic route on the coast road, through some fantastic residential areas, some very nice houses and decent beaches dotted around the hilly coast line.

We're going out for a bit of tea followed by another early night to catch up on the sleep.