A weekend away

The week before last my brother in law phoned and asked what we were up to this weekend. He was flying down to Dunedin and taking my mother in law with him - another brother in law was also flying down (at a different time). All of them Aucklander's. Lyall and I decided that we would meander down to Dunner's and catch up with them - only one BIL in the know. So Friday night after work we drove to Timaru and then made an early start and carried on our journey to Dunedin. We went and got train tickets (for our third Taieri Gorge Railway trip) and then headed to the Farmers Market for a wander around, and a bit of a wander around Dunedin CBD. Around lunchtime we headed back to the train station and stood in front of MIL who looked for about a minute before it clicked - was she suprised and rapt. We then spent a lovely afternoon on the train, followed by dinner at the Speights Pub, watching a bit of rugby on the big screen and then catching up again for breakfast this morning, before they headed off to Lanarch Castle and us back home to Christchurch. For those who don't know, just before we shifted down here, Lyall's Mum was given nine months to live due to cancer, so it was extra special being able to catch up with both her and the boys, in a lovley relaxed manner (her deceased hubby was a train driver all his working life, and the kids grew up in railways houses etc so the family have a bit of a train thing!)

On the journey home there were a few markets to stop and check out and the cheese shop at Geraldine (and the Barkers shop at Geraldine lol)...and the Speight's Pub at Timaru...Now I know Auckland is bathed in sun today, as my brother rang from his boat while over at Motuhie Island, no different down here, it's real shorts and t-shirt weather allright. And as you see, I have the photos to prove it LOL.

So no scrapbooking for me this weekend, but a lovely weekend away. Though I have returned home to a cat who cut her foot after deciding climbing on the roof of the house would be a good idea. But the roof has a steep pitch and she went for a couple of slides. The noise of her doing that made the dog bark which attracted Donna's attention and she went to investigate and was able to get Tui to a spot where she could climb down. Looks like we will have to keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't become infected. Silly cat LOL.