Maspolomas, La Canaria!!!!!!!!!!

 Right then you two, how and when are we meeting up in Sydney?! I'm still waiting for you to let me know an approptriate time to come and find you at your gay hangout aka The Pink House. Will Walsh be there, considering the information that Ainley has brought to light?

 But walsh is quite right, you'd better not "don" any of those ridiculous shirts that the carleton came to love (or laugh at?) in Sydney - sarah, stop him from committing such a felony.

RJW - I shall have left work by tomorrow so send an email to my hotmail as to a time to come and find you! The evening of the 28th is not good for me - climbing the bridge then!

 Ainley - I am hoping that you have some new "stretches" to don on the dance floors in sydney.

Sarah - shot gun a snog at 12pm on new years eve.

 Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarp,

Clakie

Hello

Hope you both ok? It is still raining here!

Not long now till Xmas. It must be weird with it being so hot and sunny.

I think Ambo is terribly jealous and wishes that she was in NZ!

Glad to hear that you have your bungee voucher with you now - I can't believe you forgot it! Nice try Richey!!

Thanks for asking about the Crossens (are you really interested) - its at the printers. Pictures look great.

Well, get on that bungee and send some pics.

Take care

Nats

Hi, how you doin? It doesn't sound too good if your sleeping in a car, Richard - you tight thing , only joking, a mans got to do what a mans got to do. 

Went to see James H yesterday and found out that he had purchased 6 little pigs, (little but fat.) Looking forward to Christmas and i have only 2 more weeks left at school. Almost dark here and it's only half - past three. Dad still hasn't got anywhere near finishing his tractor and Mum is forever shopping. She met Laura in Lancaster yesterday for lunch and Keith is sill busy as usaual. Plucking starts on Monday and mum is finally letting me go on school nights (she doesn't know this yet!!!). Thorneyholmes Christmas play is on Tuesday and they are in the middle of building the new playground.

Dads gone to see grandma and Antie Liz. I am going to see how mum is going on with her sewing (Christmas costume.)She says hello and did you get the phone number and email ok? Bye from George.

Can't believe you email address is Christopher G Walsh... Can't imagine what the G stands for - how is the boyfriend by the way? :)

This message board needs livening up with some BANTER! Alright i may have had a bevy but christ Clakie has lost all his hair! Do you remember the time Clakie had his chair right in front of the video with the moisturiser and bog roll!!!! I let that young lady (jenny???) into his room. White....ladd.....rrrrrrr. Or the time RJW wore that rank shirt? Oh hang on that was every night out. He loves it.

I'm off to Switzerland tomorrow and i still haven't packed. I'll be teaching the hossmen how to ski.

 Love you all

 Walsh

AMBO you're just jealous because you want to live in a 'local' town! Hope the house sale is going well - you're bound to find a young towny that wants to move in to Longridge. I actually slumped in my chair when I heard that Victoria's had scrapped the gravy - gutted!

With regards to the bungy jumping, well I thought I'd got away with it for a while because I managed to forget to bring the voucher with me!! Doh. But I've had it posted out to New Zealand and should pick it up tonight, so no excuses - I'm not looking forward to it, any macho bravado has long since disappeared!!!! I will probably do it/chicken out in Queenstown, so watch this space.

Nats - How's the Crossens coming along? 

RJW 

You wont believe it but its raining and windy here today - i felt like i was back home when we got up this morning.  Using the internet to dodge another shower   Off to Te Papa, a new interactive museum about NZ's history after this....it is our mission to find out why Wellington is called Wellington.....hummmm, my guess so far is that it always rains here so you need wellies?!!   Ferry to South Island tomorrow am.   Adios, Sarah x

Wow! You've got some absolutely stunning pictures. You're so so lucky to be sharing all these experiences with each other. As always, i'm jealous of everything!

 Take care my dears.

Hello both of you

Glad to see you are ok, especially after the cave and rising water episode!!!

Love the pictures and those coves look so peaceful and clear. I have put a picture of Cathedral Cove up on the board near your map.

Can't really say the same thing for you feet Richey Poos - too early in the morning for that!! Also, I thought you looked like a hobbit with that trolley! Thanks for the Xmas Tree. I bet they are beautiful in the flesh. Those scallops looked fab - I am so jealous. I would love to eat them fresh like that.

The weather is aweful at moment. Not cold, just wet and windy. Your pictures have brightened up the morning.

Well, bye for now and continue to enjoy your fantastic adventure!!

Best wishes

Nats

Bridges, 

Bungee Bungee Bungee...... when is the big jump??? We are all looking forward to that! Your pictures are fab and try and try as I might I just can't convince myself that it is freezing there. Keep on having a WHALE of a time! Oh! Lucky escape, it was clearly a shark you swam with, not a dolphin. There's nothing like that in the Dunsop I bet!

Oh!! One last thing! Victorias has cut the 'sacred' gravy from the menu. A new curry mecca will be sought by the time you return for team curry!

Keep on doing the Bridge proud, Queenie has got wind of your adventures and will be doing a special welcoming back ceremony upon your return, I heard she will be slaughtering a swan in your honour!! (I think I can get away with that since you ate someones pet guinea pig)

Anne-Marie 

Hi there,

Lovely to have a long chat to you on Wednesday evening.  Really great to see the photos after hearing all about it from you.  Awesome is becoming an overworked adjective but hey! what else can one say?  Is the final photo a hint to Dad?  Weather is so foul here I think he is probably quite glad he doesn't have a dog to walk! Will have to do some more work on him in the spring.

We are looking forward to the end of term and then being able to plan for some Christmas festivities.  I am going to Newcastle to collect Becs on the 16th and going Christmas shopping so really looking forward to that, it'll get me in the mood.

Is the meagre shopping trolley supposed to kid us that you're cutting down on food after the SA feasts?  The fish look pretty yummy. Nearly as good as my fish pie!!

Take care.  Enjoy the Milford Trek and keep up the good work with the cameras - 10 out of 10 so far.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX MUM 

The jon and the lovely sarah,

 Your experience in NZ with the beach hut and catching your own tea sounds incroyable!!!

Mixed herbs  is the ingredient of kings, you know that 

I have sent RJW an email today about trying to co-ordinate an initial session in Sydney, that will be a platform for subsequent fun times!

 Ben

Ps Ainley - are you alive?!

PPs - Best regards to Mr and Mrs Wells at the Bridge (Dunsop)!