West Coast, Weather and Wasting Time

After the climb over Arthurs Pass we landed in Greymouth, which guide books, our pals and any one else who had an opinion says is drab and not worth visiting.
Sandy and I loved it, it was a normal town and full of people doing normal stuff.
So we shopped and fed ourselves.
Found a universal Li-ion charger for the camera (where is the proper one?).
Dead Cute.
Continued the Pie Safari - bagged me sen (thats yorkshire) a Chicken Camembert variety - yummy.

The plan was to meet M&B plus kids and their pals Robin and Natasha (plus Ben) in Hokitika. Bit down the coast and which was assured to be much lovelier.
You may have guessed - it's a toilet of a place.
Campsites run down and expensive.
Town loaded with shops full of stuff I don't use (jade pendants, fluffy kiwis, surfboards blah blah).
One delight - a live Kiwi (the bird) attraction.
I love the irony of the national bird (and emblem?) being a pay to see item 'coz it's practically extinct.