Hi Guys...We are currently playing the not too clever game of Blog catch up where we try our damdest to recall the past 10/14 days and have a concise narrative thread..I will try...Drove to Dunedin after booking a motel on-line..Digs are Ok but basic (for this part of the journey at least...will be palacial by South American standards I bet). Headed out and had fish and chips at the Octagon as the hungry frenchman was shut...scoff is Ok and the first impression of the town is that is has a real flavour of scotland (Dunedin meaning Edinburgh in gaelic) but is a hotch potch of modern, 60's and 1900's architecture...were pretty bushed after a long journey and headed home...Next day went for a ride on the Dunedin Narrow Gauge Railway...The railway building is very impressive and made of black volcanic stone and Granite from Aberdeen...The train is an old looking one with a big old diesel engine...Some of the views are spectacular and we walked across some rickety old bridges (heights not my scene) which were interesting...Met a couple from Auckland who had some interesting political views and were not happy with the gorse (invasive weed) that had taken over the hillside and is a real menace...I also learned that New Zealand had zero grass until some bright spark from our neck of the woods introduced it...Please see the photos of this journey..they telll their own story...Anyhow we then pushed on in our sturdy motor vehicle and arrived at Lanarch Castle after a very hearty and thrifty lunch...The castle is situated at the top of a hill and has regular battlements but thay are kind of encased in a colonial style wrap around conservatory of glass and iron that I found to be really strange (for a castle). The castle has a chequred history...lots of marriages and suicide and some great gardens..(so I'm told as gardens ain't my thing) we took a tour and the restoration job that the owners have done on the house and gardens is mightily impressive..just a couple of yrs ago the local drinking fraternity were using it as their crash pad and you would never know to look at it...Having toured the place we headed back and made reservations for the hungry frenchman restaurant...The food was Ok, the service slow but polite and we were left feeling throughly underwhelmed. Next stop Queenstown..lets hope it has a little more to offer eh!!