Acting on advice from Ann, we took the ferry from Waiheke to Devonport. It's a pretty town with a lot of history just a short ferry ride from Auckland and a longer ride from Waiheke. More importantly it has two second-hand bookshops for David to browse in while I check out the Wild and Woolly wool shop, a temptingly laid-out shop where I bought some Otago merino for yet another pair of socks. The owner tells me she only ever makes one sock and her mother in England knits the other: I tell her this is an extreme case of SSS second sock syndrome.
David is happy to walk around looking at historical buildings while I potter around the shops and buy us a chicken for tea from NZ Paddock to Plate, which also has cute sayings on its walls. All the shop keepers comment on the lovely weather, saying that the summer has been dreadful and this is the nicest week so far. How lucky can we be?!
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