Category Archives: New Zealand Revisited

Thursday 10 March – The Trans Alpine Railway

Up at 6 this morning! Judith had coffee and toast ready for me, as well as a small packed lunch! We said our goodbyes and Ross drove me to the station in his BMW. Red sky in the morning…. The … Continue reading

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Wednesday 9 March – out and about in Christchurch

Judith had a meeting this morning in the city and dropped me at the Art Gallery for a couple of hours and we arranged to meet 12.15 at the Museum nearby. The Art Gallery is a modern stylish building opened … Continue reading

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Tuesday 8 March – to Christchurch

I have just made a few notes here along the six hour journey to Christchurch as the wifi was intermittent on the bus so updating the blog was not easy and I frustratingly kept losing big chunks, so decided to … Continue reading

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Monday 7 March – Around the Marlborough Sound

Not a bad night’s sleep, according to my sleep monitor app!  A cup of coffee in the garden while I devise a plan for the day.  I was delighted with The Villa guest house.  Clean, smart with quite quaint features. … Continue reading

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Sunday – 6 March – off to South Island

We said our goodbyes to Leigh and Dan as they headed off back up to Taupo.  Thanks so much for bringing me down to Gilly’s Leigh. Gill and I sat and chatted about travels – such kindred spirits!  The time … Continue reading

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Saturday 5 March – Around the City

We all enjoyed a hearty breakfast together before Leigh and Dan went off to meet up with Craig.  Gilly and I got the bus into the city which was easy as we didn’t have to think about parking. It was … Continue reading

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Friday 4 March – to Wellington

We left Taupo for Wellington, and the next stage of my adventure, around 1pm – Leigh, Dan and I. Dan and Leigh planned to meet up with Dan’s son, Craig, who lives in Wellington. We were going to stay a … Continue reading

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Thursday 3 March – at the Sail Club Taupo

A fairly quiet day in Wembley Place.  Dan showed me his fish and, in particular, his turtles which were babies when I was here before.  Now they are huge and quite tame.  I hope to do a painting of one … Continue reading

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Wednesday 2 March – I climbed a mountain!

……and before you ask, no it wasn’t the Tongariro! Leigh was attending one of her conferences, this time in Tauranga, and invited me along for the ride and to visit a new city in The Bay of Plenty. We left … Continue reading

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Tuesday 1 March – Taupo

Day off from blog…. more tomorrow.

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