Day 46 - Fri 04 May - Gore It was an earlyish start as we headed down the road to Mataura this morning to visit Ray and Francesca. They were living in Balfour the last time we caught up with them. Their gardens were thriving with Ray's care and attention. Ros was able to give Francesca some help with her computer too. It was after lunch before we headed back to do our laundry at the campsite. We got some dry but the rest will have to wait till tomorrow. Our ...

Day 44 - Wed 02 May - Riverton It was off to Invercargill today to AMI to sort out the ring repair. No problem except the ring needed to be cut off! We found a jeweller who did that for us at no charge so that was nice. AMI will organise the assessment and repair and we have asked for the ring to be sent to the Thames branch when fixed. We'll collect it from there when we get home again. We went out to visit Cheryl and Noel later that afternoon. My word ...