Tuesday, progress on the houses. All cost and wrapped up. Our trailer arrived a day late from Christchurch. We will get it unloaded as soon as we can.

Wednesday, we got some work done on the Bedford in the morning and spent the afternoon in Palmerston unloading that trailer! I was a bit useless with the shoulder. We managed to get it all in with ease.

Thursday, a really nice sunrise in town but by the time we got to the water we were just that little bit too late. After sorting paperwork in town, Rowan and I worked on the Bedford. This is the back deck in progress. It will be screwed with stainless steel screws from below which will give it a very clean finish.

Friday, Tony has come to help us. We have the wonderful Tony back to help us with the truck. Rowan and I need help with these Leadlight doors. We get the main big window in and Rowan puts in a leadlight window on his own. But the next window he gets in okay, but breaks it when he attempts to open it. It was rather stuck and he is lucky he didn’t cut his hand up too bad!

I got a chance to sand the bench chair and now I just need to oil it.

Saturday, we have some visitors from the north! My Mum (Jane) and Nana (Colleen). Last year they wanted to visit but didn’t quite get here so they came down and had a we road trip. Arriving in Christchurch and flying out of Dunedin. We stayed in an airbnb in Ōamaru town the first night and went out to Cucina for dinner. It has been a place we have wanted to visit for a long time and this is a great excuse to go out and experience the wonderful food. I requested somewhere quiet for Nana as I know restaurants can get rather noisy and we got put into this prep room which was perfect for us. It was very easy to hear each other and we had a great night.

Sunday, with some time to kill between leaving this airbnb and staying at another in Moeraki we went out for a lovely lunch at Riverstone Kitchen. We looked around the gardens and in the gift shops before sitting down to eat. There was a tour of the castle but no one was interested in seeing inside it. It was a lovely lunch, the food was perfect. Really large meals here and no way to fit in any dessert.

In a little rush to be in Dunedin for dinner with one of Mums friends we dropped our bags and Rowan in Moeraki and raced down to Dunedin for dinner. We made it with plenty of time to spare. Turned out she was running late so we didn’t need to rush. Mum and I were really full from lunch so we just had some bread and dips. Nana had the seafood chowder. Good thing about an early dinner is we were early back. I got to see the sunset in Moeraki which was stunning.

When we left Mum grabbed Nanas cardigan off the back of the chair and unknowingly took the canvas off the chair with her. They hung the jumpers up while going to the loo and still didn’t realise. It wasn’t until we got to Dunedin and I handed Nan her cardigan that I realised. So I told her she stole it and we needed a picture of shame. I will return it and apologise.

Monday, today is a chill day. Rowan cooked up some breakfast. Then we went out to see Herbert and show them our two houses in Palmerston. We made sure we were back for a nap and we just relaxed the afternoon away. Staying local for dinner at the Moeraki Pub. The food was fantastic and we had a nice view over the bay. There was even a boat called Kiwa (my cousins daughter’s name). A lovely meal to end our trip.