Such a cold morning - fog hung around until lunchtime. We took our breakfast things over to the kitchen/dining room so that we could have the heater on and warm up a bit. I did some washing, then we set out to explore Gore township. The winter gear came out: swandri, woolly hat for Doug; scarf and warmest jacket for me. The shops were warm.
Later we went to find Coutts Rd where the Alexanders had owned a small holding after Great-grandad retired from his blacksmith business.
I have no idea where their house would have been - the street is all houses now.
After lunch we found the cemetery where the family are buried. A very plain headstone! The Alexanders were not ostentatious people! My great grandparents David Alexander and Martha (nee Robertson) and their two unmarried daughters Elizabeth and Josephine are buried here. My grandfather, Matthew died in Napier; William Andrew was mortally wounded at Gallipoli and buried at Crete.
Doug had another go at fishing once the fog cleared. Usual result.
After a cuppa by the river, we visited the Gore Museum. Much of it was devoted to the Hokanui (moonshine) produced by some of the first Scottish settlers; but there was other historic stuff as well. We missed going to the library as it shut at 2:00pm, but we did get to see the art collections at the Art Gallery. Quite a neat little town.
The sun was beaming down on my washing when we returned to the tent - jerseys are off; expecting 3 degrees tonight!
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