Copthorne Resort Solway Park Masterton

... Island trip. Well, we have chairs, a tent &amp; wet suits, so will at least be able to put our feet up, whilst staying warm &amp; dry! <br><br>Hope you're all ok &amp; not too wind swept after the stormy weather in the UK. Greetings to all.<br><br>Love from Kirsty &amp; Leszek.xx<br><br>p.s. <br><br>As you all can notice there is a new layout of travelpod website. Apart from the obvious nicer and more professional feel to the blog, now everyone can add comments ...

... We had lunch at a friend's house who recently moved to that area. We arrived at the airfield at the appointed time. We were told I had actually been booked an hour later than what I had been told. We went into Masterton for a coffee and witnessed the antics of bored teenagers. We went back to the airfield. We checked in, I signed my life away, then was told I had a few people in front of me so we had to wait. That's fine, I have no problem waiting. The ...

... Wetter war recht gut, allerdings hatte es in der Woche geschneit (am Mount Hutt in auf der Suedinsel, 2h von Christchurch, haben sie ueber Ostern sogar schon die Skilifte geoeffnet, die Berge hier sind nur 1500m und kein Skigebiet). Bin hinauf zur Powell Huette gestiegen, knapp 900m Anstieg um dann in einer voellig ueberfuellten Huette anzukommen, knapp 50 Leute in der 38 Personen Huette. Habe auf der Veranda auf einer Bank geschlafen (war nachts nur knapp ...

... NZ$ against the pound and Yvonne went crazy and booked two nights at the motel! The heavens opened and strange it was to be relishing torrential rain! The motel room was excellent - free wireless internet, right next to the free laundry room, separate bedroom for Steven and even a gas cooker with an oven which D had to use to have some roast lamb! We are continually surprised, or disappointed, with the ...

... aufgerissen beim Kümmer- und Geiztriebe zurückzuschneiden alles richtig zu machen. Klar wir hatten alle keine wirklichen Erfahrungen darin und ham deshalb am Anfang auch etwas länger gebraucht um das gewünschte Ergebnis zu erreichen. Aber am Ende war das dann auch nicht richtig. "Die Natur hat uns überholt!" hieß es dann nur. Was dann soviel bedeutete dass wir eine Woche vorher keine Arbeit mehr hatten. Nicht schön aber verständlich für mich. Aber ...

... closed - shame as we were all ready for something to eat. It helped break the journey up and keep Millie's mind off getting car sick though. Stopped in Featherston for chips, Millies blew away in a gust of wind though :( Still, we had enough to share and keep us going. We arrived at Carterton around 2pm and kicked around waiting for Helen to finish doing her Brownie thang and spent a bit of time in ...

... corner taquería, with items such as albondigas and pepian, which I tried. Sheila, not much of a meat eater, had the vegetarian burrito. Both dishes were quite tasty. Sheila complimented the chef in Spanish, which apparently put us in her good graces as she gave us more dishes to sample. For me there was an excellent lamb dish-"muy Mexicana"-the name of which I unfortunately forget. For Sheila was a ...

... food. We took a trip out on the second day to Tararua Gorge, a suspension bridge in the middle of nowhere, Greytown which is the largest town in the Martinborough region and into Martinborough itself - Well once again when in rome. The time flew by unfortunately and before long we knew it was time to head off. The West Coast was calling and time was nearly up. We said out goodbyes and hit the road, Waganui was where we were heading some 400+km west, it was going to be a long day.

... The questions were taken off the bottom of beer caps, so it wasn't terribly hard, but really random and rugby based. After a beer or two, I hit the sack. The next morning I woke up and pretty much walked to the wineries I was tasting. I went to one that only did Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Malbec. I loved the fact that they were growing varieties that everyone tells them they shouldn't grow. "You can't grow Cab in a cool climate." "Up yours" is all they replied and ...

... a swing bridge across. This was a bit scary especially as it was really windy and the thing felt like it was going to flip. Mike didn't like it much and stopped in the middle and went very pale, I really thought he was going to turn back. Not sure my laughing fit helped much but it appeared to spur him on (obviously trying to maintain his tough guy image...) as he made it to the other side! The rest of our time in Carterton was spent enjoying amazing home cooking ...