We got to the junction with the wood place, it had been interesting walking so far, you see far more on foot. Not quite sure what this place is, outside there is a sign asking for DOUGHNATIONS OF WOOD, NO NAILS and there are skips of wood out back. Weird. Then I took the wrong road, instead of turning left I turned right. We had gone quite a way before I realised I was on a road I'd never seen before. Mother said later she hadn't been sure. The road took us by the secondary school, I muddled through and we eventually arrived by the Red Chapel, which was a relief, so coffee and the loo in short order. There was also Internet access there so I looked at car hire places and read my e-mails whilst Mum got the coffees in. I couldn't find anywhere in Cambridge for a car except Eurohire. We sat on the mezzanine and had our coffees, then wandered round the shop looking at the wonderful goods for sale. By now it was absolutely chucking it down, but we set off to Eurohire anyway. It was a waste of time, they didn't have a small car with a manual gearbox, everyone here drives automatic, but they could get one delivered from Auckland within a couple of hours but when we asked how much it would be it was working out at nearly $100 a day. It was just too much, we left.
We wandered over the road to isite (the information centre) to see if we could get a bus ride to somewhere but there wasn't much really; just 3 a day to Hamilton and 2 back. We were quite dispirited and walked into town discussing our options still in the pouring rain. It was quite slippery on the tiled pavements until we got under the verandas in town.
It was now lunchtime so we had a meal at a cafe on the main street. Mum had rather fancied the post office but it was closed. We sat outside under the veranda and indulged in some people watching
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