Today was our road trip with Hamish, Lisa and Robyn. Everyone met at Margaret's at 9.30am and packed the picnic into Hamish's boot before the 5 of us headed off. The weather wasn't as near as nice as yesterdays which was a shame, it was overcast and much cooler. We headed to the coast, passing the Henderson family farm on the way. We stopped at a beach at Fortrose for morning coffee from the flask along with some home baking :) It was a 2 hour drive in tota...

Well today has been affa fine. Margaret was looking pretty tired yesterday, so I made it clear that I was happy to have a day at home and spend time relaxing. I had my blog to catch up on and I wanted to mend a few of my clothes.. Yes I actually got the needle and thread out and took up a hem etc. After breakfast Mum phoned to talk about their trip to New Zealand, I had tried to find information on bus tours from the travel agents here but they weren't up to...

Slept like a baby :) Margaret's spare bed was just as amazing as I remembered from my last visit! It was so nice to be in a comfy double bed, it was the 14th of October since my last night in a double bed!!! Hehe. I set my alarm for 8am as I was going to go with Maragert, May and their friends walking in Queens Park. Every Tuesday morning they have a group that goes for a 45 minute walk and then a cup of tea in the museum cafe. The eldest lady was 90 and I thi...

I am well over mixed dorm hostels!!! That was my worst experience ever in a hostel. There was no need for my alarm this morning because I was wide awake, but I had to get up at 6am to get a shower and be at the bus stop for 7am. I don't know why I wasn't totally mad, tired and grumpy from only half an hours sleep, I just seemed to get on with it, they were all still up partying when I left so chatted to them all and said bye when I checked out. I was heading...