Day 22 Kaikoura to Christchurch Yet another leisurely rise again. Breakfast and showers all done, a quick tidy up and a concerted effort to get rid of as much 'food stuffs' not required as tonight is a short night prior to our trip back to Oz for about an hour then onwards to Tasmania! The van was loaded, this bit is now going like clockwork, including a large black bag of rubbish. Why there were no bins to put it in we'll never know? A quick check that nothin...

Before the euro-6 (or 5 for now) got up in their new "house" in Kaikoura I was arriving at Abu Dhabi airport !! When I arrived at Abu Dhabi the plane was slightly late so it left me little time (about 50 mins)to get across for the next plane to Heathrow.. My problem was they start to board an hour before take off and I was running close to missing it !! Following the transfer signs again I came into the security area and there were hundreds of people trying to ...

About four o'clock this morning, we were woken by the wind which had suddenly started blowing a hooley! The windows were rattling, the cover on the BBQ on the balcony out side Trev and Dee's window, was flapping furiously and slapping on the stand making a drumming noise! No chance of a lie-in then! Leisurely showers were had, followed by breakfast. The weather started to close in, the view of the bay slowly disappeared under a blanket of swirling mist. The mou...

At this point I can now add an additional blog for each day as we had to split up for a few days. The reason was that Paul was attempting to get home for his mothers funeral but we had to keep it secret from the blogs incase the family saw it and got their hopes up but Paul did not actually make it owing to the close flight times and having to transfer from arrivals to departures (all will be revealed in due course) ....Continuing on from the previous blog of t...

Early rise this morning as we had a fair distance to cover and we didn't want to rush it. Unfortunately, we woke with a start….. Dee's alarm hadn't gone off? She'd set it for half six so those who hadn't showered the night before, could do so leisurely. Dee woke at a quarter to seven…. Jumped out of bed and sounded the alert!!! Those who needed to, went through the shower; breakfast for those who wanted it, consumed; dishes washed and all put away. Cases...