It was a little damp when we started out from Hamilton. We stopped at a supermarket and loaded up with cat food so that we had a few brownie points when we arrived home.
We stopped off in Huntly for a coffee and a nibble. The chocolate eclair was monstrous and most enjoyable. It's opposite the St John Op Shop and has a photo of the old Shands bakery that was there in the past. Jim's support engineers, at Racal-Milgo, always made a point of stopping off at Shands for a cream bun in the 1980's.
The charging stop at Te Kauwhata was not difficult to find, but it was the first time in the whole trip where we have found another electric vehicle turn up while we were there. They had to wait about 20 minutes until we had finished.
Of course, we had a compulsory stop at Pokeno for a massive ice cream at discount prices. The final mainland fast charging spot was at PaknSave in Takanini.
After that we popped over to Mt Wellington to see Trev before racing to the ferry and getting the last spot on the 4pm ferry, instead of waiting for the 6pm one that we were booked on.
The ferry trip home was very calm, but a little longer than normal, as it was a low tide and they had to sail around the north of Brown's Island.
When we arrived home, Oscar, the timid cat, was inside and very pleased to see us. Gypsy, the other cat, is probably out hunting for something nice and alive to show her appreciation of our return.
Tomorrow we will do a quick summary of the trip.
Welcome home! I hadn't thought about the fact that the country will need a lot more charging points - not just in new areas, but more in the same areas to stop someone having to wait 20 mins for their turn "at the pump". Therefore in 10 years time we would see stations with 20 "pumps" - gosh these power stations will take up a lot of prime turf where houses could be built. Makes you think!
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