Girls Weekend in Ashburton

Over 40 years ago five very young country girls arrived in Christchurch to start their teacher training. During that first year they boarded in a hostel in Latimer Square and it was there that life time friendships were forged. When they went flatting together everyone said that it would never work. Five friends together!! It just shows how wrong the critics were. Over the years they have lived away from each other but the friendships have endured. In 2005 all met up, with their husbands, on the island of Naxos in Greece for a reunion. Averil still lives there with her family but the others are now all South Island based.

Of course one of those young girls was my very self, and this weekend we decided it was time for us all to catch up. (We would have loved Ave to be there but it is just a bit far for her!) We often catch up with each other but not often as a group so since I was reasonably close by we decided it was a good opportunity. Juliana lives in Ashburton so it was there we met on Friday night. Juliana cooked for us that night, though it was getting rather late by the time we got around to eating. 

We had a great weekend - lots of talking, reminiscing, laughing, a wine or two and  of course talking 'shop' though that doesn't interest me as much these days. Gone are the days of late nights though as we were all tucked up in bed each night well before 11pm (and some of us even earlier than that!)