Legoland

The last major trip out for the holidays was down the M40 to Slough via the M4 and some devious route around the town to bring us to the entrance. The park is aimed at small children but the rides fitted all sizes and the pirate show was excellent.

Initial Sightings in Warwick

We allocated 4 days to find a house and buy a car. The car was easy, Allen Ford found us a Focus and it was ready by the Friday. The house took a bit more finding but we have a 4 bedroom house in Warwick about 20 mins from my new school in Kenilworth.

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Back in the UK

We landed 11:20am on Thursday 7th August and headed to Hatfield to see Ivy and Bob.

Saturday – Lunch in Leeds with Mum and Dad, Jane and her bloke Phil.

Sunday – The Deep and then Lunch with Daisy and her Mum and Dad

Monday – York and fish and chips for lunch with the annual trip to Clifford’s Tower

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In Auckland ready to fly

We spent the night at the Kiwi hotel, can you see where it got it’s name from? :)

Then we visited Howick Historic village over the other side of Auckland, Houses had been brought together from over New Zealand to form a record of how the settlers had lived. Everything was there from the tent to the farmhouse, church a school house where a local school was having it’s lessons!

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After it was into the cafe for a BLT for me, cooked breakfast for Geoff and potato and leek soup for Maddy.

Then we wandered to the beach and from there to the airport where Maddy and Geoff rested in the massage chair.

The Trail to the Airport

 

We moved out of the house on Settlers Road on Monday 4th August. The day had been spent packing the house with the movers and emptying it out. We apparently didn’t damp down the embers enough when we emptied the fire as the school sent a message the next day to say there had been a small fire overnight! We had moved to a motel in Rotorua for the Monday night and then onto a motel in Auckland on the Thursday before we flew back on the Wednesday night.

Mud pool at the golf course in Rotorua

 

 

 

 

Countdown to the cricket world cup in Hamilton

Hamilton Gardens, the Chinese themed one

and finally a car museum that was shut!