Woke up early. Had a shower and went for a walk for breakfast about 8. The place we wanted to eat at didn’t open until 9 though so we went to a convenience store at the station and bought a panini, a sandwich, a bottle of juice and a “double ginger shot” drink. We ate at a table in the store.

Did our teeth and then went to Pipsas flat. She and Ville left last night for the farm and Tommy was driving Bambi and i up today. We decided we would leave in an hour or so, so Kaoru and i went for another walk and drink at a cafe. We went to the shops for some drinks and bumped in to Bambi shopping.

Once we packed the car we left about 11. Kaoru and Bambi feel asleep pretty quickly. icouldn’t last long either so got 20 minutes sleep in. We arrived at the farm just after 12, and I was promptly presented with a beer.

Pipsa gave us a tour of the farm house, and it was getting warm so we had a bite to eat and then a swim. The water was 25 degrees so it was lovely for cooling down.

We had a few more drinks and passed the time. Ville had to change the engine on the back hoe so i hung around and supervised while Kaoru helped pipsa with cooking dinner.

We went back to the house and opened the bottle of sake that i brought. Nobody had tried it before so a good experience.

I took the ATV for a ride with Ville on the back telling me where to go. Then i got on the back with him driving which was about 3 times the speed. Got the heart going!
As the sun started to go behind the house it started to cool down.

We had dinner which was amazing. Salmon, mini potatoes and salad.

We spent some time at the water and then Kaoru and i had a laydown. We wanted to make it to midnight so needed a recharge. Then i moved on to bourbon. We passed the time with a sauna, which i could barely last 5minutes in. Then back to the lake but i had cooled down already so didn’t need a swim.

Another sauna to warm up and i did then go in the water. ..i checked my watch and it was1159 and still very bright. The water was warm.

Back at the house i got my laptop out and showed some photos of our Simpson desert trip. I then spoke to mum and dad as they had just woken up, and we went to bed about 130.