Today is going home day to the rest of our lovely family and 2 Welsh Springer Spaniels who have been looked after most lovingly by my brother and wife. We leave Becky and Rob to 8 weeks of packing and selling and returning home to .England to start a new life together there. Its been a fantastic 3.4 days lots of fun times together and my tour of the South Island has given them a chance to see the island before they head back to England. I shall all take away w...

Today was the day Rob's parents flew home with a stop in Australia for a few hours before next flight. Jane and Dave in fact saw 2 New Years Eve's on their journey home.   Been great spending couple of days with the getting to know our extended family. Russ and I let left Bec and Rob sleeping after their early hour visit to airport and walked down to Pegasus lake and through the woodland to the beach. It is a well.thought out area with a community fee...

Second leg of flight from U.K. Went quick, all 10 hrs of it. Such a special time coming through that arrival,door with Becky and Rob waiting for us. So excited to be here in their first home together. Now we are here it really doesn't seem 12 months at all. rob bless him filmed us arriving, well had to wait 11 mins doing a Facebook live! We had to,have our walking boots inspected!  Seeing them both for the first time in almost 12 months is just amazing, ca...

Managed to stay awake yesterday other than 30 min nap which has worked well as slept whole night through. Awake to blue skies to a quiet household. Rob mum and dad sleeping and Bec, Rob and Tom camping down in the lounge.