Lo's Teashop
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 3 Sep 2015 22:57
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Lo's
Teashop
  After our first attempt to get to the
teashop we spent a very quiet day in quarantine yesterday, we played backgammon,
watched episodes of Touch and a game of Mexican train dominos. It was funny when
Bear had a ‘no starter’ and was facing twenty eight men. I struggled to go out
but did leaving him to score minus sixty, I only had
four men though so I see it as harsh, very modest considering you
picked up thirteen men........ This morning after a late start Bear said
we should attempt
Teashop Take Two. Oh dear, we turn left every time we get a choice.
Yes Ma'am. My
personal goal was to get up the hill in one - no breathers at the pineapples or
house build, but to get to the beginning of the track at the
top. Wow, that’s ambitious. When you
consider in full fitness we should be able to take on the foothills of the
Annapurna range, I would say not. Still, we have been
poorly and it is only our second walk so we should be kind to
ourselves. Mmmm, get walking. The next goal was to get past what is
now known as Bear’s Ditch. Yeeha, we did both. Now
all we need is to actually get to the teashop, find it open and hey the skies
the limit.
 I marched on and
began to chat to Bear, no reply, oh that will be because he fell behind, now
seen as a red speck. I didn’t mind as it gave me the
chance to watch a male goshawk in action. He was chasing a tiny swift but above
was a single frigate bird eyeing the whole scene.
 We both looked back and giggled, this is where
we went wrong the other day, Bear had confidently gone downhill, today we
did an uphill, to our left.
 Very reassuring to
see we were heading the right way especially when a
passer-by said we would see a house in a minute, from there it was all downhill
to our target.
The house as promised but Mrs
Hen looked displeased and turned her back as we offered nothing to eat.
Eight babies, didn’t she do well.
  The next house we
found no one home and retail
therapy was out, as was Grandma.
  Going downhill as instructed, we
passed a real thatched roof and there on the beach
was Lo’s Teashop.
  Not a soul about at Lo’s. We looked in and saw no one behind the counter. Calling “Bula” a voice from a far
corner told us she was resting on the floor. Anna appeared and said she was
covering for her sister, Lo who was away shopping on the mainland.
   Time for retail
therapy as our lemon tea and slices of chocolate cake – wonderful aroma and delicious. Well worth
the two bimbles. We chatted to Anna for a while, she told us her husband had
just retired and had enjoyed their holiday with Lo, he had loved the
fishing and was considering moving here full time. We bade her well, learned
that ‘Please’ is ‘Kerekere’ and began our walk back.
   Modern and
old mixed. Up the steep path by the vegetable
patch. A sole bloom.
 The bimble back
went without mishap.
 A nozz at the solar panels.
 Building taking
shape.
 A chap was on the march in front of Baby Beez so we had to be
careful not to squadge him.
ALL IN ALL
SUCCESS
A GOOD
ACHIEVEMENT |
