On the move again

Freezer Inventory

With Mum making good progress, we decided it was time to move on again so on Thursday afternoon we packed up the bus and headed off.  We felt confident Mum and Dad would be able to manage and probably were ready for some time on their own. Visitors, even the helping sort like ourselves, can be tiring and of course we still won't ever be that far away. One thing I had done was an inventory on the freezer contents and with that alone the food would see them right for meals for several weeks!!! I also added a few more meals  so with a pot of potatoes and some veg they won't go hungry!!! 

Looking over Fraser's wetlands from his lawn.

We went as far as Fraser's place at Montalto (just out of Mayfield.) It was a beautiful afternoon and his wetlands area was just a picture. Later on in the evening we walked around this area as well as the new area he has recently dug out. We are hoping we will be about to help with the new plantings in September. He has 700 plants ordered, courtesy of E-Can and it is good to be able to recognise them all on the list thanks to the work I have done at the Southland Community Nursery.
http://www.southlandcommunitynursery.org.nz/

Cycling around Lake Hood
   

Along the boardwalk with the
restaurant in the background.

Our destination for the weekend was Christchurch , but not
before we had explored Lake Hood, just out of Tinwald and had a night with our friends Juliana and Warwick in Ashburton.  Lake Hood is a man-made aquatic park with housing along the canals.




It was good to get back on the bikes and we rode around the periphery of the entire lake. Juliana and Warwick's covered heated swimming pool was a great way to relax at the end of the day.
Before heading off on Saturday morning Stephen put his mechanical skills to work and helped Warwick put a new brake pipe on his Nissan Safari. He has quite a few jobs we could help out with so hopefully we can get back again soon to help out a bit more.