Visitors have come and gone!!

Well, the visit by Dilys and Richard has gone much too quickly. They arrived on Thursday afternoon, and on Monday morning we drove them over to her aunt Betty in Berwick. They took her out to lunch, and then in the afternoon, they took the train to the city, and then on to the airport to fly home. It was most unfortunate that Jim had picked up a gastric bug, and was really quite ill. He is starting to get better now, but he had it the whole time they were here. Consequently, he wasn't able to come with us when we went out for dinner. Went to Elevations in Emerald...a little bit pricey, but the food was good.
 Richard and Jim spent many hours in his shed, while Dilys and I trawled the Op. shops for bargains .... of which we found quite a few.
 The last full day we went to Cloudhill up in Olinda, and as luck would have it, the weather was beautiful...blue sky with a bit of a breeze. What a lovely place...the gardens are well worth a visit.

So now they are winging their way back to the UK, and to minus temperatures at the moment....what a shock to the system. Still they have been in NZ for the last few months, so they have missed a lot of their Winter. They stayed with their daughter Claire and family.
 So now it's back to e mailing and sending photos once more, with the occasional Skype.  It was too short a time here, but I think they really enjoyed themselves.
 So that's it....until next time!!!

One more thing.....my interest in Op. shops has been revived, especially as we  happened upon 2 brand new watches....$4 each!!  Cheaper than getting a new battery for my old one!!   As they say   "It's all good"!!

Last but not least....I should offer an apology for the dearth of photos...it seemed that whenever we went anywhere, I forgot my camera, and when we were at home, we were too busy chatting. So this is it!!  I hope Dilys has a few more, but of course, she won't be in them!!!!