New Zealand Vs Great Britain, what a dilemma! After 4 years and with a Kiwi for a son, I finally had to cheer for my adopted country over the motherland. Good thing too as the final score was NZ18 - 14 GB.
For those who don't know, Mr Bear lives at Joy and Garry's florist shop (Joyflora). A few days ago he was stolen in broad daylight in a crime that has rocked the nation, well a few of us anyway. The good news is that the police took a few hours off from dealing out traffic tickets and found the missing fella!
Taken at Dan and Islay's house warming. All the women cooed over James and Garry and I enjoyed a couple of cold speights or three.
It's Elmer Fudd!
A few ks north of Arthurs Pass is the Otira gorge. The road through here used to be quite scary and often got wiped out by land slides. It used to cross the large scree slope on the right and then descend to the valley floor by a series of zig-zags. I first travelled along it by bus and it was like the final scene from the Italian job.
We drove to Arthur's Pass for lunch. This quiet little village is high up in the southern alps. James slept the whole way.
