Hi,

Enjoying looking at all your photo's its 9-30am and here I am on the blog again.

We played darts last night and guess what! we WON 10 -1. Yvonne won she played really well.

Just off to see your mum, she looked much better last time I saw her.

Carry on having a great time.

Linda & Jim

Hi possums. We had a call from Mags, Carole, who had been trying to get your Mum on the 'phone but getting no response and wasn't sure she had the right number. We had also tried but got no answer. We were both a bit concerned following your message to Sarah re Lil being in Adelaide. So Jan 'phoned Mandy who explained what had happened and said your Mum is much better now and we passed that on to Mags. Looking forward to the next blog and pictures!! Love. Jan and Nick

Hi to the Old Olddies,

Sounds like you are enjoying this great adventure that you are on,but remeber that you don't have to keep to a schedule if you don't want to .I didn't when on my trip of the States and was able to enjoy the moments longer and forever I sure you will have many years remembering all your great times so keep writing to us all and you will have that memory too.

Love from the very Cold North

ROBBIE

Hello to the travelers, Glad you enjoyed the whales. We did the trip when they had just started the tour in small ribs with huge outboards. Did you get a chance to go to any Marlborough vinyards on your way through Blenheim? tell John that 135 has no wheels, wings or hydraulics at the moment. will one cotainer be enough?? Don't drive through Greymouth by mistake!!

Enjoying reading your blog and looking at the pictures, keep on enjoying your selves.

Norton

Hi bloggers, great reading all the blogs and looking at the pictures. John's chest looks very sunburnt, or is it the pale dye from his singlet showing? We've just got back from a few days in Devon visiting Jan's niece. You'll doubtless be pleased to know that it was extremely wet and windy most of the time, with a dusting of snow one night and a really viscious frost another. Happy birthday, John, hope you celebrated with some suitable libations. Mags and Ross send their best wishes, but unfortunately can't get onto your blog on her new lap top, so can't send a message direct, but want you to knpow they are thinking. (I am printin off the blog and sending it by snail mail) Xx jan and nick

Happy birthday Johnsie! Alhough at the time of writing I don't think it is the 5th February anymore for you! Hope you had a good day anyway, it certainly looks like it from the photos.

Yes I do know about Nan, we went to see her on Saturday morning for a while - the place seems really nice and all the diddly dums in the lounge cooed over Elliott and Phoebe (Connor and Morgan were at their Dad's, which was probably just as well as 4 kids might have been a bit too much for everyone!). Phoebe gained a few brownie points by waving goodbye to them all as we were leaving . I'll try and pop over again on my own at some point. Never did get your text Mum, yours and others seem to be disappearing into the ether for some reason.

Looking forward to the next instalment, lay off the booze you inebriates!

Lots of love,

The Tyler Clan xxxx

Hi, Carol & Pat. Looks like your having a good time certainly seeing plenty "great"

Thinking slow down abit your not spring chickens anymore ha!ha!

Enjoy the rest of your time there.

Love to all Gherita...x

Hi Carol & John

It looks fab! Glad to hear you're having a great time. We're just in the process of sorting out our holiday for next year to NZ with friends of ours, so it's good to look at your pics to see what we can expect. Jan and Mike send their love. Enjoy the rest of your holiday! We'll be asking lots of questions when you get back. Take care. Love Mo & Geoff XXX

Great to see you are having a good time and hope you bring some of that sunny weather back to the UK when you eventually return. It looks like a nice place to live but can you get your head around the closing times!! We'll keep an eye out on your progess.

Mon 04/02/08

Luv John, Debbie,Sam & Joe

Just wanted to wish John Happy Birthday you poor old (sorry) little grey haired OLD man.

Lovely photo's pitty John, we never got invited to go with you still never mind, perhaps next time!!

All ok here, been to see your mum she seems quite happy to be in there, will go again tomorrow.

Continue to have a fab holiday see you when you get home.

Love Linda & Jim xx

Hi Everyone

Hope you're enjoying all the fab scenery. Loving your photos, nothing seems to have changed in the last 6 years in NZ.

Happy birthday Dad, I'm sure you are enjoying the excellent NZ wine - it gets better in the South Island. If you get the chance, go to the 40's style working farm near Picton, you'll love it, collecting the eggs and having a ride in the 1940's land rover to see the sheep, then tea with the owners on their back lawn - it really is going back in time.

Hope you get to look at the Worm farm on your birthday, Dad!

We've finally got around to putting pictures on our walls at home, 19 months after moving in. I'm sporting a rather nice large purple bruise on my Brucie size chin - a hockey ball hit me in the face on Saturday - but we did win. Samuel has got to stand up in front of his class on Tuesday and do a prepared talk for 2 minutes, which he has chosen to do on Scalectrix. And Tim is fretting about me going skiing this weekend coming and him coping with Sam on his own ... shame!

Love to you all, enjoy every moment and if you get the chance, have another go at the jet boating in the South Island - awseome.

Lots of love

Jessie, Tim & Sam

xxx

Just wanted to wish John a Happy Birthday for Tuesday. Enjoy it and celebrate in style!

Love us x