After our rest at the batch we headed up to Palmerston North and met up with Sue and Amy and then had a Chinese takeaway with Jane and Doug. We spent the next morning on a day out with Sue. Our first stop was the P'North farm show looking at cows with 'silky udders'. We then headed out to see the Wind farms, which are amazing. 200 huge turbines. We had planned on going horse riding nearby but it started to rain so we had a nice spot of lunch and picked up Ma...

We arrived in Palmerston North, just in time, the locals werent impressed with a slow old van at rush hour. We arrived at Auntie jane and Uncle Dougs but no-one was there, we sat for a while then a car pulling a big sign on a trailer saying Re-Elect Mark Bell-Booth (Mums cousin) for Mayor. We were welcomed into the house and then Jane arrived and we all sat and chatter over a nice brew and some great cake things. Sue and Mark came over to say hello but the...