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Wednesday 14 December – Akaroa
Philip, more than kindly, took another day off work and insisted on not only joining us at Akaroa but driving us there so we could both enjoy the beautiful views on the windy journey. We headed south out of Christchurch across the extraordinarily flat Canterbury plains and up into the Port Hills of an extinct…
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Tuesday 13 December – Christchurch
Philip has kindly taken a few days off work so he can be our tour-guide and we headed back into Christchurch to pick up Mum and then visit the centre of town and in particular the Arts Centre which Philip has been running for the last five years. I had envisioned a modern complex of…
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Monday 12 December- to Christchurch
Another beautiful day and Susie took us on the most stunning drive over to her youngest son, Beau’s farm. Indescribably beautiful with Shield property as far as you could see. From the top we could see where Sam and Henry farmed. The rolling landscape is so very different from Chid’s farm, just a few hours…
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Sunday 11 December – Cheviot
We had a lovely quiet day with Susie with lots of reminiscing about her time in the UK of which she had very fond memories. She is completely adorable and it was so interesting to hear about her life on their huge, remote farm. This is now divided between her three boys, Henry, Sam and…
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Saturday 10 December – and more….
I got up early as Chid had kindly said that he would take me on a quick tour of (some) his farm. It was a beautiful day and we headed off up our already familiar track up the hill. We were tight on time so we only had time to travel about a quarter of…
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Friday 9 December – A few more relations!
It has been tipping with rain all day today so rather than stopping for a walk en route to our next destination, we headed straight to the Kekerengu Valley where we were to stay with more second cousins of Mums, Sue and Chid Murray. We drove back to Blenheim and all its beautiful vineyards and…
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Thursday 8 December – to Nelson
We bid farewell to ‘The Gables’, thinking we might not return and headed to Blenheim. Our final destination is just south of Nelson, but unfortunately the road was washed away in the rains so we had to take the long way round. Needless to say, it was unbelievably beautiful. Everyone had said that the South…
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Wednesday 7 December – to the South Island
Today we bid farewell to the North Island and beautiful Wellington. Once again, I am sad to leave this city and wished we had a couple more days to explore. I got up early and went for a walk, the other way and saw the other end of the working day. People swimming in the…
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Tuesday 6 December – Wellington
Philippa took us on a lovely drive along the harbour road and this really is the most unique city. It sits at the very base of the North Island on the Cook Strait, encompassing a lovely waterfront with much activity, including a few sandy beaches and a working harbour. Between the two there are huge…
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Monday 5 December – to Wellington
Today we were back on the road and heading south again towards Wellington. We were to be staying with Philippa Petrie the mother of Teresa Dinan and Gabby Rance who in typical New Zealand style had insisted we should stay with her. Poor Philippa, I am not sure she was given much choice. Anyway kinder,…
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