Our trip involved a 50-minute boat ride from Manapouri across the lake to the Power Station, a 40-minute bus ride from there across Wilmot Pass and down to Deep Cove, then about 3 hours cruising the sounds in another boat.…
Dunedin Day 1
After a busy few days, we had a quieter day on Sunday, with only one activity planned – a trip on the Taieri Gorge Railway. This utilises a line no longer used by Kiwirail from Dunedin to Middlemarch, a distance…
Mackenzie Country
We drove from Timaru up towards Lake Tekapo. For much of this part of the journey, the land was flat – good productive land, by the look of it, with irrigation going full blast. Gradually we moved up to higher…
Timaru
A fairly low key start to the trip. We flew direct from Tauranga to Christchurch, a flight of just under two hours, picked up a rental car and drove for about two hours to our first night’s motel in Timaru.…
Sit up straight in Singapore (Pip)
We decided to fly Singapore Air this time. We have stayed in the Singapore Transit Hotel before and found it a good experience so we are going this way again. At our ages, we think those long-haul flights are best…
Event confirmed
Veterans Affairs rang yesterday to confirm that I have two tickets for the ceremony (see post below). It will be quite a formal affair and the details can be seen here. It will be one of the highlights of the…
A Special Event
Quite by chance, I discovered that the Royal Air Force is unveiling a memorial to all those who served in Bomber Command during World War 2. This will take place in Green Park, London, on 28 June. My uncle, Donald…