Hawk's Nest - 28 March 2014

Today we were meeting up with very good friends of ours, Win and Ken, who live in Sydney. We have known them for 39 years. They were going to drive up for the day to have lunch with us. Bruce thought it would be a good idea to meet them part way and thought the Hunter Valley was a good option. We settled on the Lovedale area, which we both know quite well. After consulting Trip Adviser, we settled on Emma's Restaurant, which was No. 3 restaurant in the area.

What a great meal we had. Ken and I had a great Lamb Rump dish and Bruce and Win settled on a Chorizo and Prawn Rigatoni dish, which they thoroughly enjoyed. We were the only ones there today, the weather that we have been having no doubt keeping quite a few people away. The weather behaved while we were there so they missed out on a great experience. We would definitely go back there. We spent about 4 hours there having a good talk, and surprisingly we didn't lose our voices! It was great to see them.

They headed back to Sydney and we headed back to Hawk's Nest, driving through a bit of rain. When we got back to the van I went for a walk. Bruce had to put his footy tips on so he stayed behind. About 8pm the skies opened and we had torrential rain for quite some time. And our van leaked in the usual spot. Luckily we were still up and were able to save Bruce's bed from getting wet, but what a hassle and a pain. We certainly don't want to have to worry about this happening so something will have to be done.