Boys Own Adventures.

The whole of New Zealand is watching the All Blacks game against the Wallabies, so it is easy to upload lot's of photos as no-one else is on- line on this side of the world. So I could include Spooks run along The Clutha, where he spotted his next target swimming in the river.

The boys and I had a good day in Queenstown. Unfortunately, Finn only noticed he was pulling the breaks on, by his 5th run out of 5 on The Luge. He just thought his bogey was a bogey! So I had to buy him another run.

They checked out The White Tree of Gondor on the way over and on the way back, I took a photo of this person and horse who is always standing up this hill looking at the view above The Crown Range. So the boys decided to run up the hill and see what it really was (a radio mast). They were out of my sight, but I knew it was a straight forward route and not too far. Nevertheless, Finn came down without Sam, who he thought had turned back. We couldn't see him anywhere and with such a short run, I couldn't think where he could have gone. Finn phoned his Dad, who was on the point of dropping everything at work and coming to help search when Sam strolled over a rise and told me happily that he had taken a short cut that was a long cut and had got stuck in snowdrifts to his waist, but he had got there and was delighted. We must have lost him for about 15 to 20mins, but it was a lifetime as I contemplated Search and Rescue and the end of the world.

Meg is having a great time in Christchurch - it's very warm. Warm here too. Victoria and Jack have qualified for the finals tomorrow - Vicky sitting in 6th place and Jack joint 1st so it's exciting. I had thought she might be homesick for us, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

grateful for:

Spook getting the car sold. It should go on Tuesday, which is pretty handy. Less than we paid for and spent on it, but the timing is good.