Jim & Karen

We have been for a weeks holiday driving down the west coast from Christchurch to the very bottom of the south Island, passing the Moeraki Boulders, to the Catlins coast and to Milford Sound.

We did a mixture of camping and staying in motel type rooms depending on the weather and what was available. We did not get rained on but it was a bit windy on a couple of days.

There are lots of pictures in the gallery over here.

we had a really great time and the scenery was really great. A lot of driving to see all the things that we wanted to, but it was worth it.

I have started a major project in the garden, in the area where the washing line was we have removed an old trellis fence that was covered in a huge climbing rose and cleared the area. I am planning to try and drop the level by cutting into the bank behind to give us another seating area, but one that gets a bit of shade during the day.

Karen took part in a fundraisng event for Cancer research at the weekend, Karens ward had put a team together to take part and I helped put up the tents. It was a 24 hour “Relay for Life” event where relay teams walked around a track for 24 hours carrying a baton. Quite a lot of money was raised.

On top of all that we also hosted a party for a couple of leavers from Karen’s ward, a good time was had by all  – of course!

PS. The picture at the top is Nugget Point on the Catlins Coast