Spring holidays

apologies for the slackness folks. We are temporarily without the joys of a reliable internet system. Not that we're too bothered.





We are currently in our 'holiday home' in Oriental Bay. For those not in the know it's like having a pied de terre in Mayfair. Our friend Vic's mum is in the UK for 6 weeks and needed someone to look after the cat for the duration, and as no-one else was volunteering, we thought we'd see how the other half live.





The house is a quaint little affair and is run as a B&B at times. The views however are spectacular. It gets all day sun and thankfully is on the flat so I have been able to go running a couple of times - it's across the road from the swimming pool and a minute to the golden sands. The only problem so far has been the cat who has thrown up twice and decides to wake us up with a howl at 4am daily. With our track record of looking after pets I don't give him much longer!





This week has also been taken up lots with the law. I was stopped by the police on Sunday morning and breathalised (as was everyone else on the road I was travelling on) - sensibly, this healthy lifestyle meant that there wasn't any alcohol form the night before so off I went. Then the rest of the week I have been summonsed to the district court to attend jury service - which as far as I can see means that you get your name drawn out of a tombola barrel, sit around for a couple of hours and read the paper, go into the court room and wait for your name to be drawn again and if not - go home (or back to work). This went on for 3 days (2 days we were allowed to stay away) so i never got to see a trial.... maybe next time.



The other exciting news is that we bought a dishwasher - of course not being home for the next 5 weeks means that we won't benefit , c''est la vie. We may of course sneak back for the odd night. Watching the rugby on a small TV doesn't quite cut it. We're looking forward to an England v All blacks final...........yeah right.