Oaks On Chashel Christchurch

... savaged by a bramble bush I decided to give it up and read a book instead. I had been cycling for over an hour so felt I deserved a rest! I had picked up a copy of Daphne du Maurier’s novel The Scapegoat in a second hand bookshop in North Island and hadn’t even opened it. I had intended to read it and then hand it into a charity shop ( an opp shop here) but I discovered that it was a first edition published in the same year that I first appeared so will just hang on to it ...

... great, and I was happy it was pretty faithful to the book as it is one of my favorites.

The last full day we were in Christchurch was a busy and varied one: it started typically with a visit to Cathedral Square, which was always worth a look because of all the activity it contained as the center of the Arts Festival as well as the center of the city. There were buskers like a guy playing a weird flute, a girl with a violin and a juggler who also rode a ...

... Bay?" It was two of Phil's friends who we had spent time with, one of them, Louis was the one who crashed into our room at 5am after the night at Cheeky Monkeys. I mean how random can you get, to meet two people you know in a cafe in the middle of nowhere in New Zealand. Insane.
Well we eventually arrived in Queenstown and checked into our hostel. It was made up of little apartments so there were 5 of us a TV, kitchen, living space it was cool.

Till next time.......

... conferred that we'd best let them free to hunt & satiate their need for finery, else the womenfolk would be wearing our kahoonies for earrings. Washerwoman led the charge across the busy wagon road, oblivious to all the traffic busily swerving around her. SquawJenny renamed her - acknowledging her royalty bloodline. Henceforth, she is to be known as "Mary, Queen of Shops". The menfolk departed in the covered wagons to find safe lodging for the night.  We forged ahead to the ...

... The children are wonderful, helping (even more then usual) to lug and load the luggage and packs onto the bus.  One of our co-travellers is a physiotherapist, so I ask for a consult.  After pushing and prodding, and various manipulations, she looks at me and says, "I'd get an x-ray".  Great.  (I do not have an x-ray machine in my pharmaceutical kit.)  Mark tapes up his foot, and Gollum drives the bus into town.  He drops most of us at the grocery store, and then swings ...

... Chris and I had capsized Mike Constable's laser and eventually had to be rescued by the ship's lifeboat!! Lyttleton was still very quiet but had more shops than Chris remembers. The Chinese takeaway was now an up-market restaurant, the cinema had retained its art-deco frontage but was no longer a cinema and the 'British pub' was closed down! 5 Feb - Away fro 1000 to travel up to Arthur's Pass for a 3 day trek. Sorry there are no photos but will update over the next week

... miles) is located immediately south of South Island, and the Chatham Islands lie 800km (500 miles) to the east of Christchurch. Going from north to south, temperatures decrease. Compared to its huge neighbour Australia, New Zealand's three islands make up a country that is relatively small (about 20% more land mass than the British Isles). Two-thirds of the country is mountainous, a region of swift-flowing rivers, deep alpine lakes and dense ...

... for me, and needed to stock up again), and Noj, there's good news and bad news. The good news is, I did pick up The Bone People. The bad news is, I also bought a book called This Charming Man. (It's not about Morrissey.) I'll give you three guesses as to who wrote it, and the first two don't count. I'm telling you now to give you plenty of time to conspire with Chris as to who will hold me down and who will actually do the setting on fire. Love you!