Beach Bach

Our exceptionally sunny Christmas was followed by a very rainy few days..... starting exactly on the day we left Wellington to go on holiday, and continuing until exactly the day we returned home!

Ah well. We enjoyed ourselves hugely anyway, regardless of the weather.

We spent the week in a little Kiwi bach (beach house) in rural Wairarapa. Please don’t ask us the name of the beach as neither of us could remember/pronounce it most of the time! All we can say is it was about a 3 hour drive north-east of Wellington, in a small settlement of about 20 houses with nothing else in sight except a long coastline, lots of mountains and trees (and a lot of clouds!).

We didn’t let the rain spoil our time though, and managed to get out collecting shells, surfing (Jake in his wetsuit and Alfie in nothing but his undies but he did a great job, better than his dad), paddling and running up and down the sand every day. The sun even came out a couple of times (briefly!).

Thinking about it, this is in fact pretty much what we’ve historically done every single year for our NZ Christmas holidays – ie hired a bach and chilled out in a remote spot for a few days – and it is SO worth it! We have all come back completely refreshed, relaxed, well slept (yes, really!) and very happy.