We have had a lovely few days in NZ and met the nicest people ever. After a good first nights sleep with Ellie and Brett we woke up and went off to find a place to rent tools to fix up the back of the van... we stumbled into an upholstery shop and asked the nice guy if he knew where we could rent some tools... after a while he said that if we went off and bought the materials we could come back the next day and use his workshop and tools for free!!! So we drove to a hardware shop to buy the wood etc... whilst we were there we met another really nice guy from Birmingham who chatted to us for about an hour and said that he was going away for Xmas and perhaps we could stay in his house (we weren't sure if he was serious but he invited us for a drink, so we are heading up there tonight to see him anyway because he was really friendly).
The next day we drove back to the workshop and spent the day building a bed and table in the back of the van, we haven't quite finished but Don who owns the workshop said that we can go back on Tues and finish it off (by the way Sarah, the van is called Ron (after Ron Weasley of course)). Yesterday we had a lovely day sat at Ellies in the sunshine, a few of her friends came over and we had a few beers in the garden, Sam played with the next door neighbours kids.
Today is Sunday and we got up this morning and bought some meat and veg and I made a roast... a long awaited roast, it all turned out well even though we couldn't find any goose fat! We are now about to jump in the van and head up to Carl's (the guy from the hardware shop!) for a drink or two.
All in all we are having a lovely time here, it's so much easier to communicate with people and the whole area is very laidback and safe. Sam has been having a fab time playing rugby and riding around on Ellie's bike. The shops are 5 mins away as is the beach. Tomorrow we are heading to Raglan in the van which is about 2 hrs away and then on Tues me and Ellie are going for a horse ride (Yay!)
Hope all is well in snowy England x
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It sounds really lovely Ruth. You sound very relaxed now. I'm so glad. It is snowing a lot here. We already had a lot of snow laid, but it's snowing again this morning, so there is going to be even more. You would love it! Fortunately I had a Tesco Delivery yesterday morning (for your Grandma too), so we have enough food in to last us for a bit. You and Sam would love it!
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xxxx mum