Dear all
Yesterday, we took the the ferry back over to Wellington and I have to say the weather was far more pleasant than on the way down! We met up with Geordie in his pub the Four Kings and spent a couple of hours putting the worlds to rights. Next stop was to a tiny little pub, that I have promised Geordie that I would not reveal - in case the BA take it over next time we are here! LOL. It was a little sanctuary in the middle of Wellington, and Lisa, Geordie's partner joined us for a few more with a few of their mates. Fun night was had by all. We watched the start of the India / England World cup game then retired back to their flat for the second half and a few more refreshments! LOL We finally went to bed about 3.00am when Colly lost his wicket and we felt destined for a loss. 
Today we had a little trip up to the lookout at Mt Victoria, where the views of the city, harbour & surrounding regions is sublime. We then had a walk around the town again, but this time we went up the very cute red cable car, which has been around since the turn of the last century for some more excellent views aof the city. We then had a little scoot around the Cable car museum then walked back down through the botanic gardens which were really pretty. Our last part of the walk was through the old city cemetary which is now in two parts as they had to move half the cemetary so a major link road could bisect the land!
As you can see I had some fun in the gardens playing with my new camera, which is taking my ages to get used to as I have had a Canon for sooooooooo long & you can't teach an old dog new tricks ...................... etc!! Oh well they didn't turn out too bad so the Macro box gets a tick! The zoom is rather suspect and slow as is the power up, but I'm sure its just me being picky! So after our walk we headed back to Lisa & Geodie's for a scrumptuous roast Chicken and all the trimmings. Thanks Lisa one of my favourites and a proper night slobbed on the sofa watching crap TV - how else can you spend a Monday night? It will also be a long while before we get to do that again so we did appreciate it! Back to the task at hand we head north up towards Hawkes bay tomorrow.
Yesterday, we took the the ferry back over to Wellington and I have to say the weather was far more pleasant than on the way down! We met up with Geordie in his pub the Four Kings and spent a couple of hours putting the worlds to rights. Next stop was to a tiny little pub, that I have promised Geordie that I would not reveal - in case the BA take it over next time we are here! LOL. It was a little sanctuary in the middle of Wellington, and Lisa, Geordie's partner joined us for a few more with a few of their mates. Fun night was had by all. We watched the start of the India / England World cup game then retired back to their flat for the second half and a few more refreshments! LOL We finally went to bed about 3.00am when Colly lost his wicket and we felt destined for a loss. 
Little did we think that when we awoke this morning with a few hangovers, that we would see a draw spashed all over the news! Gutting in a way that we missed the chase, but relieved that we managed a draw tingled with a bit of 'we should have won!' Oh well you can't have everything & I an still dining out on our Ashes win plus I still don't think we can win this.
Today we had a little trip up to the lookout at Mt Victoria, where the views of the city, harbour & surrounding regions is sublime. We then had a walk around the town again, but this time we went up the very cute red cable car, which has been around since the turn of the last century for some more excellent views aof the city. We then had a little scoot around the Cable car museum then walked back down through the botanic gardens which were really pretty. Our last part of the walk was through the old city cemetary which is now in two parts as they had to move half the cemetary so a major link road could bisect the land! 
As you can see I had some fun in the gardens playing with my new camera, which is taking my ages to get used to as I have had a Canon for sooooooooo long & you can't teach an old dog new tricks ...................... etc!! Oh well they didn't turn out too bad so the Macro box gets a tick! The zoom is rather suspect and slow as is the power up, but I'm sure its just me being picky! So after our walk we headed back to Lisa & Geodie's for a scrumptuous roast Chicken and all the trimmings. Thanks Lisa one of my favourites and a proper night slobbed on the sofa watching crap TV - how else can you spend a Monday night? It will also be a long while before we get to do that again so we did appreciate it! Back to the task at hand we head north up towards Hawkes bay tomorrow. Nite all
Hugs
Sara
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