Wellington - a mini adventure.Ruth, the Practice Manager, wanted a 'tikki tour' with me before she went off to Canada- so the pair of us headed to the 'windy city' for the weekend. We travelled over on the 'wee plane' from Koromiko airport just outside Picton. This was an amazing experience. This is the smallest airport I have ever seen and has a tiny 12 seater plane run by Sounds-air. The original check in room was like a large garden shed but they have expanded...

Good times in BlenheimIt has been great getting back into work here and meeting up with all the team. Ruth held a 'welcome home' party for me at the new house.Morag and Kezz were included in everything and top marks to Tony for inviting them to his aircraft workshop. Happy-hour- Friday night- after work-someone hosts this in their back yard. Various members of the staff and their families gather with a bottle or three and pot luck food. The gathering starts at ar...

SAYING GOODBYE TO KEZZ AND MO This was much more upsetting than I thought it would be.The two of them came back from their travels to finish off the diving course.Morag had a bad day on the last dive and I think all my fears about them going diving rose to the surface. I wasn't aware of getting upset about it but didn't sleep particularly well the night before they left.They spent the last morning with Tony at his aircraft workshop and I arranged to meet the two ...

ONWARDS TO BLENHEIMWe headed to Nelson and did some Nelson type things- a visit to Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson National Park- the most picturesque lake I have ever seen- a wander round the World of Wearable Art- Kezz didn't enjoy it very much but Mo and I had a ball-the best was dinner in Bar Delicious -fried Groper on a potato stack followed by Crème Brule- Mo and Kezz had pasta with seafood sauce and homemade tiramisu- not a scrap left--then just in time to get...

Glow worm cottages for Christmas.Did you know that the bit that shines out in the dark is glow worm poo exposed to oxygen! We didn't actually have glow worms in our cottage- thankfully- only nearby in some caves.The backpackers was a series of individual sheds- oops- units- joined to one another- each with its own tiny bathroom and a couple of shelves, a sink, a kettle and a two ringed burner optimistically known as 'a kitchen'.Not much floor space for all our ju...