Dave & Margs' Travels

Thursday 21st we drove south via the Buller Gorge to Barrytown a old mining town which now consisted of a pub, a few houses and a school. En route there were lots of scenic photo stops and we visisted the pancake rocks and blow holes although we didn't really see them at their best as the tide was low. In fact to tell the truth Dave and I didn't see them at all and came out wondering where they are but some of the others said that were unimpressive and not really 'working'.

Before morning coffee / shopping stop the driver.....

Q what is our current driver's name?

..... said we would have fancy dress tonight and the theme was geeks with a prize for the winner, so very relunctantly (as Dave and I don't like that sort of thing) we found a chriety shop and bought some clothes. After our BBQ tea we went and got changed and to everyones suprise, including yours I am sure, I walked in in a dull grey dress accompanied by Davina, an older lady in greeny/grey dress, black stockings, red shoes, blue handbag and dare I say it I suspect her long white hair may not have been her own! Very possessive of her handbag Davina played pool whilst holding on to it all the time. Perhaps that was to keep hold of her prized possession a book entitled... ' 1,000,000 Things You Didn't Need to Know about Signal Box Levers'. It was the start of a lively night, including free drinks which the driver owed us, dancing on the bar and Davina bless him winning a free bungey jump. It was a great night with nearly all 16 of us dressing up including the 2 Japanese girls who just laughed when they saw Dave.

Thankfully we had a lie-in the next morning (we'd nicked the driver's bed as it was the only double) and had a much needed lie-in. Others went bone-carving or kayaking.