So it has been a pretty sociable week all up. My van arrived back (yay!) with Maaike too.. so great to have them both back! I was super happy that the van had held up. I think it has had about 10,000km put on it in the last couple of months. Still, it’s good that it is being used.
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Had another game of croquet on Saturday. This picture of Geoffrey (my partner – 82) and Maude (91!!!). It’s a great way of meeting some really lovely and interesting people, they just don’t usually turn out to be in their 20s!
Maaike and I tripped off to Akaroa for the weekend. It really is a lovely little spot. We did a couple of short walks, and rather a lot of lazing about! The picture of Maaike was taken on a small peninsula in the middle of the bay – and was the centre (apparently) of the volcano. The plug I guess. We had a slightly interesting bush-bash up the side of it.. but sure twas all good fun.
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Finally a very lovely family friend from back home – Elenor and her most excellent partner Mark came by ChCh on their round the world trip. Funnily enough Maaike knew Mark from TCD but had never met Ellie – and vice versa for me. They arrived Monday evening and left this morning. Sigh. Off to do the routeburn. It does make me more than a little antsy to be travelling again. Life would be so much more fun if we didn’t have to work. Maybe I should try to find someone to sponsor me in a life of fun and adventure. So yes – really lovely to see Mark and Ellie… just a shame it wasn’t for longer. Their blog at www.ellieandmark.com is really excellent. There’s a great video of a volcano they visited!
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