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2024 – January – Day 6 – Invercargill & the Caitlins
We are such a long way from home yet everything looks and feels a bit like good old blighty. The
2024 – January – Day 5 – Travel to NZ
By the time the alarm went off at 4am I was already wide awake as is often the case when
2024 – January – Day 4 – Fiji
Absolutely beautiful weather greeted us yet again as we opened the curtains onto the porch. It was already 28c without
2024 – January – Day 3 – Fiji
Deep Blue Skies and wall to wall sunshine with the temperature already at 28c greeted us this morning as we
2024 – January – Day 2 – Fiji
I slept well and for almost 11 hours which for me is unheard of. Hopefully that will mean much of
2024 – January – Day 1 – Fiji
Getting into Fiji was nice and straight forward. Our luggage was off the carousel quickly and the only surprise is
2024 – January – Travel Day(s)
‘Bula’ to this trip. Almost a year in the detailed planning and booking stages (although the first route was etched
2024 – Christmas Catch Up & Pre First Trip
I’m not sure that starting a New Year of blogging after more than a whole bottle of champagne is a
2023 – December – Pin Mill
As another calendar year draws to a close, we also finally arrive at the last blog entry for the year.
2023 – November – Florida – Coming Home
I had managed to arrange a late check out from the villa out meaning we had all morning to chill
2023 – November – Florida – Day 15
When it rains in Florida, it really rains. At home we now describe any short heavy downfall as Florida rain.
2023 – Florida – November – Day 14
It was the morning after the night before and so we were all later up for breakfast today. The forecast
2023 – Florida – November – Day 13
We woke up to the worst weather of the trip. The rain started slowly and then turned from a persistent
2023 – November – Florida – Day 12
We woke up to a not great weather forecast with rain in the air and our first day without any
2023 – Florida – November – Day 11
This morning was a lazy start to the day as we were not in a rush to get out. It
2023 – November – Florida – Day 10
And so, it was Christmas in Florida. As we were to discover after the radio kick off everywhere seems to
2023 – November – Florida – Day 9
A very early start today saw us on the road at 7.30am off to Discovery Cove for the day. There
2023 – November – Florida – Day 8
Another start to the day that involved another call with Apple Support. Today’s theory involved 3rd party apps interfering with
2023 – Florida – November – Day 7
Today started with a 45-minute call with a guy called Nathan from Apple Support in Arkansas. He was convinced the
2023 – November – Florida – Day 6
After publishing yesterday’s blog, I realised that I had forgotten to mention one other thing from Disney Springs so I
2023 – November – Florida – Day 5
We all had a good first night’s sleep in the villa. I was up at 7.30pm to make some first
2023 – November – Florida – Day 4
For moving day, we had a plan which was thrown a tad when we found that the outlets we planned
2023 – November – Florida – Day 3
Our internal time clocks seem to have adjusted ironically just in time for the USA Clocks to go back over
2023 – November – Florida – Day 2
It was 6.30am when I woke up which was a vast improvement on the day before, probably helped by the
2023 – November – Florida – Day 1
By 4.30am I was wide awake. As quietly and as keeping still as possible I laid in bed checking my