Adams Lane 15 -25^th Feb

Well another 10 days gone at lightning speed.

We started the week finalising plans for the kitchen & choosing ovens & hob tops

That was followed by a session on colours for various aspects of the interior, colour of vinyl planking for wet areas & today we chose carpet & finalised interior paint.

The roof is finished & once the scaffolding is down windows will go in then bricks go on.

We might get a breather now from decisions as there can’t be many more to make…… but you can guarantee someone will ask a question.

After all that activity I wasn’t well organised for our trip on Thursday to Christchurch. We were later than ideal when we set off but we made it in time to book into the motel & get to the airport to meet my UK cousins Roger & Ann. Luckily the fog had lifted so no delays to their flight.

Once we got back to the motel we took them for a bit of a look around the Red Zone. We got stuck in rush hour traffic going through Hagley Park! Our original idea was to go up onto the Port hills but fog was still hanging over the hills.

Change of plan & we headed into the Square, cathedral still looking very neglected & sad but the Square was looking quite cheerful as there was a Floral Festival on & some lovely displays. We hopped back into the car & went to the cardboard Cathedral & struck it lucky as there was a service & we could get into the foyer to have a look. From there we went across to The Restart Mall, unfortunately closed but intrigued Roger & Ann especially the ATM in the BNZ portabank.

We were all feeling hungry by now so we headed for old faithful the Lone Star at Church corner by Bush Inn for dinner.

Next morning Christchurch let us down with grey overcast skies & no sign of the sun. We had breakfast together before Roger & Ann left for their tour down south, heading first for Lake Tekapo.

We headed into Archives, Restart again, then over to Woolston to look at the Old Tannery, a fascinating remodel into boutique shops of the tannery, only half finished but impressive. We headed home via Riccarton to pick up essentials before going to Church Corner to visit my grandparent’s grave & look at the damaged St Peters. It was good to see some repair work going on.

After dinner we went to call on David & Nancy & catch up their news.

Saturday we went to visit St Barnabas before going back to the Square for more photos in the sun. We bought some lunch & went back to the motel, it was very hot 31C.

In the afternoon we went for a drive to Lyttleton,  there is some rebuilding starting out there which was good to see, then Sumner & Brighton beaches.

We headed back for Blenheim Sunday morning & it was pouring with rain & windy. We cleared the rain by the time we got to Cheviot but still the wind was strong.

We had a coffee & filled the car & headed off for Kaikoura, we stopped to stretch our legs & it was the same as further south, as soon as we stepped out of the car this cold wind was whipping through.

Back in warm Blenheim again making more decisions!

Take care all