Another trip out on Sunday. Initially going to go to the Pacific beaches, last minute change - ended up going to Raglan again. There were a couple of changes of plan for various reasons, and we decided to go for a couple of caches that were over the other side - usually only accessed by boat, but we drove down a rough, winding track for a long way, the poor car! Lou brought her friend along as well, but wasn't too impressed with our venue this time, as it wasn't "normal Raglan" - we were on the opposite side of the harbour. We tried a bit of fishing, resulting in a snap off on the 3rd cast, so gave up on that. We also found the geocache that was hidden there and had a nice picnic lunch in the hot sunshine. There was another one to be found on the way back, and after a lot of cuts and prickles later, I finally found it hidden in an old Manuka tree.
We then ventured across to "normal Raglan", tried a bit of fishing from the pier with no luck, the usual bites from small fish as it was getting on towards low tide. As it was low tide, the kids and I armed ourselves with a chilly bin and ventured across the flats to the cockle beds. I am constantly amazed by the quantity and quality of the cockles here, let's hope they aren't spoilt by overfishing or pollutants. We didn't go to the mussel rocks as cockles are our favourites.
A fish and chip supper on the way home, watching the sun set, finished off a tiring but fun day, with another little scenic place found on our travels.
