It's hard to believe that we left home 6 months ago today. We've had a fantastic adventure so far, who knows what the next 6 months will bring! Our very good friends from home, Gillian and Mark, had bought us a voucher for Craggy Range Winery in Havelock North for our 50th birthdays. We'd booked dinner in their Terroir Restaurant (actually for last night but luckily they could accommodate us tonight) and so we set off from Martinborough heading north. The landscape as we left was a patchwork of pasture fields and grapevines. It's famed for its wineries which draw in the visitors to the area. It was a relatively short, leisurely drive to Hastings where we planned to stay the night and we arrived early afternoon. We had lunch sat outside in the sunshine and then wandered into the town which is only a few kilometres from Havelock North, separated by rows of orchards. Back at the campsite we did a bit more planning for Chile and chilled out for a while before getting ready for our evening out. The winery overlooks Te Mata Peak which we thought was quite apt as Lonely Planet describe the peak as having a 'Scottish Highland' atmosphere. We parked the van in the carpark and headed into the restaurant, a cathedral like wine barrel. Dinner was superb and the wine was exceptional. A real treat and a lovely way to celebrate our birthdays and the mid way point of our adventure!
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