Friday and it was clear the tour manager was now much recovered. We headed off back into the shopping delights of Gisborne to have another search for a dress. Sally had put her mind to the problem and had come up with a few more possibilities and so into town we went. No joy in the first shop but I the third we struck upon a couple of possibilities. Rosemarie eventually decided on one and after much discussion it was purchased.
As every man knows this of course was not the end as we then had to go and look for shoes, which proved a little fruitless,  but then this was only day one of the shoe safari.
Andy took us to the Poverty Bay Club for lunch were I ordered falafel thinking it would be a light lunch. When it arrived it came with the largest salad I have seen for a long time , probably bigger than the salad Pete and I had in the Elliot Arms. After twenty minutes eating it didn't look as though I had touched it. Andy had fish and chips and Sally and Rosemarie had something a lot lighter. How wise they were. I was eventually defeated by my salad, which had roast sweet potatoes, roasted carrots, strawberries, tomatoes, fried mushrooms and a host of lettuce etc.
After lunch we were off to the village, a small shopping centre just down the road from Andy and Sally's. Shopping achieved we headed home for a quiet afternoon and an early night.