(sparkling grape juice) and table setting. We learnt he was a professional chef. There was also the Master Chef risotto cook-off which provided a great taste sensation for the diners. Also a new gourmet experience called “shake, spray and scoff” with the help of an aerosol mousse can. As it was Easter, Andy had also organised the Great Easter Egg Hunt on the Sunday. We’d all brought eggs along and they were hidden in a marked out area of sand. No one was allowed to look....it was all very serious. A bit of a frenzy ensued as we dug voraciously to find them. We never did find all of them so maybe the wekas got them later? On day one we’d had a great breakfast at Lambretta’s retro scooter café in Nelson and on the last day another good one at the Pelorus Bridge café. At the end of the trip on the way back to Picton we’d further fuelled our love of food with various roadside stops: the apple stall where there were about 20 different varieties to taste test and Dale and Anika stocked up for cider making, beer tasting at the Hop Federation Brewery, then sweeter things at the Thomas Bros Real Fruit Icecream Stall and the Makana Chocolate Factory.
one degree of separation for you. It was a wonder most of us hadn’t met before. Thank you Yakity Yak Club for bringing us together and Andy for all the thought that went into the planning, the fun morning briefings and your laidback leadership. We are all looking forward to our next adventure together.
We had a lot of fun. Although I started off by saying we were all strangers. Two had known each other from the 90’s through the Hutt Valley Tramping Club and just about everyone else had a mutual friend. That’s the kiwi
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