Collingwood

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For our winter holiday in July, Tom managed to book the DOC batch in Collingwood in Goldenbay. The Batch is just the most relaxing place to stay, but demand during school holidays is always high, so we were very pleased that we managed to have a full week there. It is right on the beach and it's great to get up in the morning and open the curtain to see the sun rise over the sea. Wikipedia states that Collingwood is "located in the hub of the Aorere Valley, in the western half of the Golden Bay area." The hub of Aorere Valley means that there is 1 pub and 1 local grocery shop! I think we saw the grand total of 8 people when we were there! (Although when we went to the pub to watch the rugby it certainly did seem to be "the hub" of the area!! There was least 25 people!) The Batch is set up very well with all the basics including wood etc for the fire. We were very cosy. We had a great week relaxing, walking, cycling, reading, playing scrabble. fishing, entertaining (Scott and Claire came for tea!), doing jigsaws, playing darts (darts board in the living room) and exploring places we hadn't been before.
The weather was great with only 1 wet day which allowed us to finsh the jigsaw! All in all a great wqinter break - can't wait to go again.