Steven came and stayed at Sandy's place for the school holidays and we were able to have a lovely time with him and he got to have time with his cousins.

Counting down only 6 weeks and 5 days to go. We are off to Nelson tomorrow to catch up with Sandy, Steve, family and Steven who has come down from Auckland to stay with them. After Nelson we are going to call in to Blenheim, Kaikoura and then on to Hanmer before returning to Christchurch. Then we go to Dunedin for a few days to catch up with Stu and Chris before we leave. Weather has started to turn with colder mornings and darker nights. Winter is definitel...

I am starting to get the hang of this. I thought if I did a couple of trial runs it might help so here I go again! Today is 3 April and we leave on 7 June so 2 months to go! I finish up at work on 26 May and that will come around pretty quickly I think. Today we have gone through out entire itinerary to get our heads around where we are going and what we have planned. It is huge! We are looking forward to getting on our way. Kev has been talking to my niec...

I had a lovely birthday on Saturday with good wishes from all over, including from our good friends in Canada, Don and Deb. Mike and Nic joined us for dinner which was cooked by Kev in great style emulating Annabel Langbein! I think we have just about finished all of our bookings and are coming closer to the time when we start thinking about what we are going to take away with us. Shoes are always a problem as they weigh so much and yet you need to have a sele...

I had a lovely birthday on Saturday with good wishes from all over, including from our good friends in Canada, Don and Deb. Mike and Nic joined us for dinner which was cooked by Kev in great style emulating Annabel Langbein! I think we have just about finished all of our bookings and are coming closer to the time when we start thinking about what we are going to take away with us. Shoes are always a problem as they weigh so much and yet you need to have a sele...