Doug set off early to try to catch that elusive salmon, but was soon back. The river was too muddy to fish. Hoping to cheer him up I made canned salmon sandwiches before we set off to explore the Ashburton River. We had given up on the possibility of catching a salmon, so went out to the river mouth to see if there were any kahawai longing to be hooked and smoked.
It was a lovely day again so we enjoyed the expedition despite the lack of success. Large rain drops began to fall so we decided to check out the Ashburton Aircraft Museum. It was interesting looking at the old photographs. Doug enjoyed seeing this Harrier Jump Jet (The only one in the Southern Hemisphere; it was in the Falklands' War.) The other one was NZ's first jet - a Gloster Meteor.
After a stroll around Ashburton we returned home to find that Norman and Fay had just returned from Wellington
It was lovely catching up with them. They insisted that we have dinner with them and set to, cooking up a yummy barbeque.
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