We left Palmerston North at 10.00am having had a bit of a lie-in. We had managed to get through to Andy before leaving but there seems to be a problem with his internet phone so it took several goes to say anything much.. In the end he phoned via landline to our internet no. and told us their news so it was good to catch up.
We stopped off en route at Otaki for coffee and sticky and, after a small hiccup (our street map had an out of date one way system) safely arrived at our latest lodging in Wellington at 1 o'clock. We did our, by now, usual unloading routine and after a cup of tea with John our host, we set off to explore Wellington. It was so good to walk about after so many days cooped up in the car. We walked from Brougham St for about 2km then went up in the cable car
to the Botanical Gardens for some amazing views of the city. 
We did find that the signposting at the top left something to be desired but we just kept going downhill and eventually found all the floral displays and very nice they are too.
We walked all the way round the bottom of the hill looking for the cafe and found it next to the Lady Norwood Rose Gardens where everything was in full bloom
- so we got lots of piccies. We walked back to the city through the old cemetery which is now 2 old cemeteries with the motorway running through the middle! They thought they'd have to move about 2000 bodies during the works but ended up having to transplant 3700!! I'm sure there must have been many objections.
By this time we were both feeling footsore but continued to walk "home" arriving at 6.00pm then had a lie down to recover. We've had a short drive to go for dinner this evening as neither of us could face the walk back here up the hill and got back about 9.00pm.
Our accommodation here is quaint to say the least. The owner is an avid collector of Capo di Monte figurines and antique furniture, so the house, which is enormous is full of amazing pieces. It's all very higgledy-piggledy, but is clean, cheap (NZ$80 for 2 including breakfast) and handy for exploring the city. We're here for 2 nights - the longest we've stayed anywhere except with Al and Jenness - and will be seeing Nick Edwards and his family tomorrow evening.
We can't remember the last time we saw him, suffice to say it's been more years than we can count on both hands and we've never met Louisa, so it should be a very chatty evening.
Tom says that until we get the next wireless access, he can't upload any more pics. The radio which we're listening to as I type, is free-standing, a yard high, in a wooden cabinet circa ???. The PC I'm using is similar technology - it has a cd reader and a three and a quarter inch drive, no usb connections and is running Windows 98. However, it is free and we've been able to update the blog and retrieve our e-
mails, so we can't really complain.
It's now 10.20pm and we're off to bed ready for another day in Wellington tomorrow. So it's goodnight from me and goodnight from him - to quote a phrase.
We stopped off en route at Otaki for coffee and sticky and, after a small hiccup (our street map had an out of date one way system) safely arrived at our latest lodging in Wellington at 1 o'clock. We did our, by now, usual unloading routine and after a cup of tea with John our host, we set off to explore Wellington. It was so good to walk about after so many days cooped up in the car. We walked from Brougham St for about 2km then went up in the cable car
to the Botanical Gardens for some amazing views of the city. We did find that the signposting at the top left something to be desired but we just kept going downhill and eventually found all the floral displays and very nice they are too.We walked all the way round the bottom of the hill looking for the cafe and found it next to the Lady Norwood Rose Gardens where everything was in full bloom
- so we got lots of piccies. We walked back to the city through the old cemetery which is now 2 old cemeteries with the motorway running through the middle! They thought they'd have to move about 2000 bodies during the works but ended up having to transplant 3700!! I'm sure there must have been many objections.By this time we were both feeling footsore but continued to walk "home" arriving at 6.00pm then had a lie down to recover. We've had a short drive to go for dinner this evening as neither of us could face the walk back here up the hill and got back about 9.00pm.
Our accommodation here is quaint to say the least. The owner is an avid collector of Capo di Monte figurines and antique furniture, so the house, which is enormous is full of amazing pieces. It's all very higgledy-piggledy, but is clean, cheap (NZ$80 for 2 including breakfast) and handy for exploring the city. We're here for 2 nights - the longest we've stayed anywhere except with Al and Jenness - and will be seeing Nick Edwards and his family tomorrow evening.
We can't remember the last time we saw him, suffice to say it's been more years than we can count on both hands and we've never met Louisa, so it should be a very chatty evening.Tom says that until we get the next wireless access, he can't upload any more pics. The radio which we're listening to as I type, is free-standing, a yard high, in a wooden cabinet circa ???. The PC I'm using is similar technology - it has a cd reader and a three and a quarter inch drive, no usb connections and is running Windows 98. However, it is free and we've been able to update the blog and retrieve our e-
mails, so we can't really complain. It's now 10.20pm and we're off to bed ready for another day in Wellington tomorrow. So it's goodnight from me and goodnight from him - to quote a phrase.
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