Booktown – booktown.org.nz. collections of books sit and wait. Mostly books I would have gathered and donated to the Sally Army. Often in a corner sits The Person In Charge. Busy. A lap top, or reading. Some look up and smile. Most simmer in their bookish world, not expecting anyone to buy a book.
A few cafes, some active with the younger set and who are often tethered to an amiable pooch. One early cafe busy with a gathering of elderly locals – Rotary? For the rest of the day the tables, cups and scones in repose.
The Royal Hotel provided a hearty ale brewed in nearby Martinborough. This was followed, in a common sense way, by a hot and filling pub lunch.
David in Pen and Pics 