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Staveley, Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand
So yesterday, after a jet lagged infused 13hr flight, we were thankfully picked up at Christchurch airport by Gary and Sarah (friends of Richard and Julie, Catherine's parents) and bought about an hour and a half east to the beautiful Staveley where we will be staying for the next few days. Yesterday, we went to dinner round Abi's, their daughter's, and had shephards pie and crumble - was like English comfort home food, great! Also, we met the eclectic array of a...