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After a restful night in a excellent B&B, even thou the builders started at 8am on the new drive at the side of the house, we were ready to explore. Whilst loading the car, Rees (a builder who thought I was the house owner and told me how they were going to have to divert…
2.15am, it’s dark, very dark! indeed we are informed by our minibus driver Barbara, (who by the way is driving the last bit of our trip without headlights on and as she says, ‘the moon is very bright tonight’), all the residents of Tekapo have to use blackout curtains at night and all the street…
Today we headed for Mount Cook and a walk along the Hooker Valley trail. On the way we stopped at Lake Pukaki On the way we get our first look at Mount Cook On arrival at the Hooker Valley Car park it was, errr, raining, indeed lashing it down! So having checked the good old…
Today we depart Christchurch , after another good breakfast at ‘Coffee Lovers’, which is a bit ironic as anyone one knows Me knows I don’t drink coffee! Having navigated our way out of Christchurch, via countdown for provisions, we head for Lake Takapo. One thing we quickly note is the roads are very straight and…
Today was a day of walking around Christchurch, starting with a visit to the Art centre, rebuilt following the earthquake in 2011. Great place with lots of arts and crafts including the ‘house in the air’ in photo 2. Then over to the Botanical gardens for a walk in the sunshine, then along the river…
Day 2 and we hit the ground running with the first of our planned visits, first up the Christchurch Gondola, where we ascended Mount Cavendish. With some amazing views After our mountain adventure, we returned to Christchurch city for a more sedate form of transport, on the tram. Julie and Lynn attempted to try their…
After 3 delayed flights an, ‘interesting’ take off from Birmingham Airport and a lost and found passport (from being pulled out for a randon security check) we finally arrived at Christchuch… in the rain! Hey-ho, we are here. Checked in at hotel, nice room, sampled the bar and then went The Victoria Bar, which in…
Due to a mechanical problem, J Batham taxis were unable to deliver us to the airport. A big thank you to Hancox taxi service for coming to our rescue. Checked in ache ready to fly.
So today is the day we head off for the other side of the world. First stop Birmingham airport (courtesy of J Batham Taxis – thanks Jonathan) then on to Dubai. 3 hours to find Miss B (Lynn) and then board the longer flight to Christchurch via Sydney. See you on the other side. Have we packed…
We are getting very close to the start of our adventure of a lifetime. So much to do but at the moment the flights and accommodation bookings are done and if we’ve forgotten something , it’s not the end of the world….. Just the other side of the world! more to follow
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