First week in Nelson

The first week as Coach / sailing development manager for the Nelson Yacht Cub has passed successfully. The learn to sail group was a bunch of children aged from 8 to 15. They kept the old man active. On Wednesday he was shattered but by Friday had recovered. The children were also tired by Friday afternoon. Everbody at the club is most welcoming. The Local paper published a very sympathetic article on Thursday. I hope I can live up to all of this hype! Things at the camp are settling in really well. Being in the flight path for the airport is interesting. The first flight in the morning takes off at about 6.30 and the last arrival is about 9.30pm. Our camp site is close to the facilities and sheltered from the daily sea breeze. There were some strong South Easterly winds in the evenings early last week. On the first night we took in the awning, but the wind dropped after about half an hour so it has stayed up since. Lorna has made contact with a couple of temp agencies and is hopeful of getting some work. Mike took the kayak out for a spin today . It only took 9 minutes to walk to the water towing the yak and he came home after 30 minutes paddling. It will probably take about 40 minutes to get to the Yacht Club where the plan is to store the kayak. Today we also went for a drive around Nelson – about an hour covered most of it. Today we have had some light drizzle – the first rain since we came!