hi Ruth and Adam

Just caught up with you both. NZ.is great .We loved it.So you are off to Dunidein to see the blue Penguins.They are so cute.Will follow you.Just to say have a great Birthday.Thinking of you

.lots of love hugs and kisses.Have a great xmas and New Year.We will be keeping up with you .mo and Joe.

Hi Ruth & Adam

Your mum Ruth, kindly gave us your contact details so have been looking at all your pics. What a lucky girl you are to have seen so much of the big wide world at such a tender age ! It doesn't seem five minutes ago that you were mastering the techniques of handling the bells at Tutbury church - you have moved on a little from then - but how time flies !!

Pleased you are having such a great time and we hope everything turns out OK for you in NZ - no doubt there will be a few problems here and there but I am sure you will overcome them. Wouldn't life would be boring without a few challenges along the way ?

Everyone here is preparing for Christmas, i.e. going mad shopping. No such thing nowadays as January sales, we have never seen so many shops with sales. Weather here has been horribly cold as no doubt you know, enjoy the sunshine and hope you both have a 'different' Christmas.

Love Carole & Colin

Hey Adam, hope you're okay. Just got my new moped, had it just under a week now. Thank you so much for the £10 was a real help :) put it towards the moped :). Glad to hear that you are having lots of fun. Speak soon. x x x

Hi to you both.

have just read your blog and viewed your photos; it certainly beats England and oh yes we are also in the very wet, cold and snowy season- do you fancy swapping ? We heard about your visit to the elephant park - what a great adventure as we are sure each and every day must be for you both.

Enjoy the rest of your travels and good luck when you get to your final destination and Ruth look out for any more snakes and any other jungle critters.

Best wishes from us all.

Hi both

Love the blogs. I can just see you tutting at the views from those big towers! Bet it was spectacular but oh no that's not good enough for Adam!!! View from my desk here at work is nice, Cleeve Hill , but I'd sooner be in Koala Lump Her!!!

Great pics esp on facebook! Cannot believe those rock faces you were clambering over! Gave me the shivers to look at them and I had to sit down thinking about how knackering it must have been!
Hope you having a brill time! Yeah course u are!! Beautiful sunshine here at the mo! Not a cloud in the sky!
Your uplighter says hello and says he's so much happier with me!!

Take care

Johnny P xxx

Brilliant sunrise on the mountain, well worth the climb! Pleased to hear things seem to be working-out in Christchurch. My picture was in the Burton Daily Mail yesterday, how low can one descend! Please take a picture of a Christchurch tram car for me. Love Dad

Yo Ski/Ruth - where were you? We ended up eating our curry at 10pm cos u never showed! I cried but I think that was the chillis. A good turn out - 10 - incl. 2 WAGs. Can you make the next one in Evesham?

Lauren has chicken pots & Sharon recovering from Shingles! She's out on the town in Worcester tonight on a 40th birthday so will be wrecked 2mrw. My recent projct has gone pear, but other than that all is well!

Be good -any new hats recently? Had any kebabs?

Phil

Enjoyed your pictures and blog. Safe journey to NZ. Love Aunty Pauline and Uncle Richardxxx PS Thank you for my prsent and good luck in NZ

Just caught up with your travels, enjoyed it very much. Thank you for the card. Hope you will soon get settled in N.Z. Lots of love Auntie Stella xx

Hi Ruth & Adam, We are enjoying your adventures, especially with all the doom and gloom in this country at the moment. You will have lots of lovely memories to tell your kids ( school of course). Jenny has now retired so we are going to start travelling. Arthur has been looking at Bognor brochures. You are both looking happy and well,"A" said you shouldn't have pierced your ears Ruth it's aged you.Clive has painted our bedroom (oops I mean your bedroom) hope to see it soon. Love to you both Arthur & Jenny XXX

hello Ads and Ruth hope your both keeping well and hope Ruth is keeping you out of trouble Ads. your gonna have to come back and sort daz out cuz he has gone and got himself engaged (silly boy) looks like you 2 r havin a fab time and forgetting all about us poor lot in cold england and dont forget r holiday invites. all the best Dan and Daz

Hi both. Just got up to date with all of your photos. Some fab experiences by the looks of it. Is it me or are the people really short out there. Might consider visiting, just so i can feel tall again (Tommo). Love to you both.

Hi Phil, how you doing? What a great/easy way to arrange Evesham Curry nights.........Sorry Adz. Can you make it?