Bridgnorth, UK
Changi Airport, Singapore
Christchurch, New Zealand
Paul Hope you managed to get the 'new' van fixed! I can't imagine who Bernie's large and temporary friend was! Hard to imagine that you're on your last day > : ( you will have so many memories and stories to bring back! Still cold with snow showers here! Take care, love Paul & Ros xx
Robert and Becky Hello! Internet seems to be working now as is the boiler! Panic over. See you on Saturday! x
Hokitika, New Zealand
Paul The Glacier walk looks amazing! I had a look at it on google. Did you manage to get any pictures? And any free samples from Arrowtown? Sorry to hear your old faithful van has finally packed up; hope the new one will be OK! Yes, still cold here, including snow showers; it hasn't settled here though. Pat, if you read this, many thanks for the Earth & Sky Observatory postcard, looks really good, and the hot chocolate sounds a nice touch! Love to everyone, Paul & Ros xx
Briony Nice to hear from you again- it's been a while! Don't think Rob's got Internet access at your house for some reason, but thought you'd want to know he's got the heating working now so your house shouldn't be too cold when you get back (though I'm sure it'll feel cold compared to NZ!). The glacier walk sounds so amazing- I'm very jealous of everything you've been doing! Hope you've taken plenty of photos to show us! Speak soon, Briony xxx
Te Anau, New Zealand
Sarah Wow, it sounds very adventurous, hard work but worth it. The pictures are stunning, what spectacular views! So pleased you're all enjoying yourselves and it was great to hear the wedding went so well. Sarah xxx
Angie Matten Hi All Glad to see that you are having a good time. We all back to work today...yuck. Will you be able to come in to see us on your way up the coast? Or are you doing the west coast. Angie x
Robert and Becky Hello! Check your message board, we can't get the boiler to work; the pilot light won't come on no matter what we do!! Love to all.
Mary Hi Bobsie! Glad you're connected again! Pleased to report that I just had a very good sleep, from about 10.00 till 6.30 when the heating coming on woke me up! I just about stayed awake till proper bedtime last night , Paul, although I did drop off momentarily in a game of Scrabble with Rob and Becky! Rod had a couple of hours sleep in the early evening and was awake from 5.30ish this morning. We'll have to see how the next few days go....... I'll try and ring you today from Rod's mobile (free!) as our landline is ridiculously crackly - we think it got snow in it, as has happened before. I think Bernie got a bit squashed on the way home but I'm sure John's looking after him! xxx
re: Bridgnorth, UK
Paul Glad to hear you're back safely! I followed your flights on the internet and was pleased to see they were on time! We have so enjoyed your blogs, will miss them now! Looking forward to seeing some pictures! Did you try and stay awake till normal bedtime today? NZ definitely on the 'things to do in retirement' list!! Take care, have a quiet unwinding day tomorrow, love Paul & Ros xx
re: Bridgnorth, UK
Bobsie Typical !!......just as we get our computer back, you all decide to come home!!....no seriously tho', glad you're all back safely and had a great time.......now I'll have to catch up on all the blogs I've missed while the computer has been ill!! Hope you all have a good, long sleep!... speak soon xx
re: Bridgnorth, UK
Robert and Becky Hello! Internet seems to be working now as is the boiler! Panic over. See you on Saturday! x
re: Christchurch, New Zealand
Paul Hope you managed to get the 'new' van fixed! I can't imagine who Bernie's large and temporary friend was! Hard to imagine that you're on your last day > : ( you will have so many memories and stories to bring back! Still cold with snow showers here! Take care, love Paul & Ros xx
re: Christchurch, New Zealand
Briony Nice to hear from you again- it's been a while! Don't think Rob's got Internet access at your house for some reason, but thought you'd want to know he's got the heating working now so your house shouldn't be too cold when you get back (though I'm sure it'll feel cold compared to NZ!). The glacier walk sounds so amazing- I'm very jealous of everything you've been doing! Hope you've taken plenty of photos to show us! Speak soon, Briony xxx
re: Hokitika, New Zealand
Paul The Glacier walk looks amazing! I had a look at it on google. Did you manage to get any pictures? And any free samples from Arrowtown? Sorry to hear your old faithful van has finally packed up; hope the new one will be OK! Yes, still cold here, including snow showers; it hasn't settled here though. Pat, if you read this, many thanks for the Earth & Sky Observatory postcard, looks really good, and the hot chocolate sounds a nice touch! Love to everyone, Paul & Ros xx
re: Hokitika, New Zealand
Robert and Becky Hello! Check your message board, we can't get the boiler to work; the pilot light won't come on no matter what we do!! Love to all.
re: Te Anau, New Zealand
Robert and Becky Waahh!! We can't get the boiler to work, the internet is down and the phone line is too fuzzy to speak to the technical support people to fix it! I won't even mention how the light switch in the bathroom is broken and there's a permanent fog inside the Astra!! (We're in the library at the moment). Looking forward to seeing you soon, we're camping out in the living room in front of the fire until you get back! I hope you get this message, it was interesting reading about your trek. We'll probably pop back to the library later in the week so if you reply we'll be able to check it then. In other news, Scrabble is going well, Becky scored 42 off 'farrow' and 'foxy' in the same go and I scored 346 yesterday.
on the message board
Angie Matten Hi All Glad to see that you are having a good time. We all back to work today...yuck. Will you be able to come in to see us on your way up the coast? Or are you doing the west coast. Angie x
re: Te Anau, New Zealand
Sarah Wow, it sounds very adventurous, hard work but worth it. The pictures are stunning, what spectacular views! So pleased you're all enjoying yourselves and it was great to hear the wedding went so well. Sarah xxx
re: Te Anau, New Zealand
Mary Paul, the night skies are very full of stars! Missed most of them as we're going to bed very early, but John's caught a few - he'll no doubt tell you about them later. Wendy, I think John said he'd do a bungy jump didn't he?? He's denying it now though!!
re: Te Anau, New Zealand
Paul Great to hear from you again and so glad the walk went well! It sounds dramatic. What were the night skies like? Four days of sunshine would be very welcome here - it's just dull and damp! Tale care, love Paul & Ros xx
re: Te Anau, New Zealand
Paul Glad to hear you're back safely! I followed your flights on the internet and was pleased to see they were on time! We have so enjoyed your blogs, will miss them now! Looking forward to seeing some pictures! Did you try and stay awake till normal bedtime today? NZ definitely on the 'things to do in retirement' list!! Take care, have a quiet unwinding day tomorrow, love Paul & Ros xx
Paul PS How's Bernie? ! P x
Mary Hi Bobsie! Glad you're connected again! Pleased to report that I just had a very good sleep, from about 10.00 till 6.30 when the heating coming on woke me up! I just about stayed awake till proper bedtime last night , Paul, although I did drop off momentarily in a game of Scrabble with Rob and Becky! Rod had a couple of hours sleep in the early evening and was awake from 5.30ish this morning. We'll have to see how the next few days go....... I'll try and ring you today from Rod's mobile (free!) as our landline is ridiculously crackly - we think it got snow in it, as has happened before. I think Bernie got a bit squashed on the way home but I'm sure John's looking after him! xxx