Happy Birthday

Much love to Dad, and to Robbi.

Unfortunately Robbi and Roddy have managed to get within 100km of us, having travelled 700. But Robbi has a miserable migraine and they have had to stop for the night. They will be a lovely Christmas Eve gift when they get here.

We said good bye to The Gibsons today and went over the hill with Michaela and Max. It was right back into the comfort zone for Finn. I think, probably the first signs of being genuinely and happily engrossed in his life here. As a foursome, they were great together, and there wasn't a cross word between any of them. They did some christmas shopping and then have been up and down to the lakeside since we got home.

While they were wandering around Queenstown together, I bought The Otago Daily news and found a cafe offering a coffee and muffin for £2. Called McCafe! I settled down to read the paper. I always like to see if Wanaka features in The Regions and sure enough, the main picture featured some people at the Wharf on Lake Wanaka. It was an article about how we have had the highest rainfall in December since 1999. The people on the Wharf were, Kier Gibson, Max, Finn and myself. Meg tells me that her leg is in the picture. I start to wonder how small this town really is!!!!

And as we all enjoy this lovely life, Spook clocked up a 13 hour day at his post today. When we leave here, I expect nothing less than a statue of Spook by Lake Wanaka, clutching a plunger. Similar to the nice one of Mr Rees in Queenstown with his sheep.