15th August – Kaikoura to Timaru – Cloudy We spent the night camping in a lovely campsite by a snow-capped mountain. The staff gave us a free visit to the spa as a Honeymoon gift – It cleared both our colds! 🙂 We spent the morning sight-seeing in Kaikoura bay and browsing the tourist shops before setting off on an exhausting 4 hour drive to Timaru. The weather heading into Timaru was really gloomy – Not a great sign. On…
??????? 8th August – Waitomo, New Zealand – Sunny Woke early this morning to go and book our Cave Tubing activity with the Black Water Rafting Company. Shortly afterwards we were introduced to our guide and shown to our wet suits. Damn those things are damp & cold first thing in the morning! As we were making our way down towards the cave entrance, we were given the chance to practice a backwards jump onto our tubes from height into…
4th August – Singapore Hi there! We’ve spent approx 12 hours in the air so far flying from Heathrow to Singapore. The staff, service & food from Singapore Airlines are great. Pity about our sleeping arrangements. We spent the majority of the “night” trying to get comfortable and getting occasional small amounts of sleep. I’ve also discovered I suffer from “Barometric Pressure Headaches” when the plane comes in to land. Not nice in the slightest! Our hotel, the “Marina Mandarin”,…
After eleven and a half years, on Saturday 1st August 2009, Leela and I got married at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland! The day started out looking pretty bleak, with heavy downpours over the entire North East. However as noon arrived, the clouds parted over Chillingham just in time and treated us to a wonderful sunny day. We had a fantastic day joined by lots of our friends and family and have many wonderful memories to treasure. Thank you all for helping…