New Zealand

Doug's cousin, Chris Howe and his wife Shirley, came to greet us at Christchurch airport - what a lovely welcome! To quote Chris "About time, it's only taken you 40 years to get here". This is because the Kiwi Howes had visited the UK in 1967 and as they departed in September, Doug had said he would be not far behind.... New Zealand sounded like somewhere he wanted to be.

You will know Doug & Diane met late in October 1967 - apparently it's Diane' s fault he didn't get there till now!

It must be all those new handbags and shoes over the years that made a dent in the NZ Holiday Fund!

Chris and Shirley brought us to our hotel and we said a "see you soon" as our campervan was due to be delivered next morning, they had work and we had to do our lightening tour of the centre and south of South Island before we came back to spend some time with them in Christchurch.

White Van Man - Doug Howe!!

Clearly Doug is doing his fair share of the chores!! But there has to be a civilised end to the day - a nice dinner and a drop of wine, of course!

Come on Diane, time to get up!

We are off to the West Coast, the Glaciers, Queenstown and Fjordland... watch this space!