Napier

 Well, we have arrived, and the old girl is a bit tired with the driving, plus her aging years mean she's a bit slow at understanding this internet business, hence our delay in doing the blog. Me, I just sit back in my chair and take it all in. I think she's done a jolly good job getting us this far. She tosses me a cherry from time to time and that goes down really well. The mistress is very fond of cherries, and especially as they come all the way from Blenheim.

She rations them out you know.....tis not fair I say. She announced we can't have too many stops on the way cos time flies, and so does her car🏎......😂

Kaikoura was a nice place. She says it's changed a lot with huge hotels going up everywhere. I noted she looked in the shops, but I didn't see her with any extra bags.

So many road works going on and really slowed us down. I think I heard her say a naughty word too.

Next day off to Blenheim to have a cuppa with her cuzzie, and a photo shoot with yours truly in her Vineyard, then on to the nephew for a yummy sandwich, picked up the cherries then she put her food down and we flew into Picton and found our accommodation. Boy oh boy the mistress was far from happy. I haven't seen her this cross for ages. I needed a peg for my nose, but she didn't have one. 

The place stunk. Was clean but run down, no hot running water in kitchen, just cold tap. Windows down 1 side shocking but the ranch slider was good as i needed to keep an eye on that car for her, but oh no we thought an earthquake was happening, but then saw the problem. A huge freight train with its breaks on a way up high on huge supports crossed the area. So, guess who didn't sleep much with 3 going thru all night.! She was very pleased to get on the road the next day and away from the smell.

Dinner at her fav place, the Irish bar and of course with me to pose for more photos. I'm trying to find a container for tips, but the mistress says "Don't be stupid"

Next day she took me to her fav places we saw a few weeks ago but it wasn't such a nice day. Anyway, she was happy and that's the main thing. We can't have an unhappy mistress cos I will wear it!

We drove over the hill on Queen Charlot Drive to check out the cruise ship, and the talent. Do you know she talked to this lovely man for ages. He offered to do a photo shoot of us. I didn't mind as he was a nice chap, and she gave him our card to follow our journey.

I don't mind admitting but they are great photos of me and her!

I'm allowed to skite!

Next, we queued up to get on the Boat. Gee I hadn't been on such a thing. But it was exciting to experience all these new things to see and do. The mistress handled it well I thought. So, we got seated admired the views, did some people watching for a while and after a cuppa she announced that we were going to meet the Captain........WHAT, she got special permission for us to see how it all works and introduced me to a fella who wasn't as busy as the captain, she forgot his name though. Another photo shoot, gosh I could get used to all this attention. They were a nice bunch, and a lovely lady did a video of us for their records. She let me sit in the captain's seat too.  Then on returning to our lounge the girls at the desk wanted proof that we saw the captain's mate. Another photo shoot. Gosh I am a lucky fella doing all these great activities and me mates at home are missing out. 😁

I hope they are keeping an eye on her house. They were told not to have wild parties and upset the neighbors. Cause they would cause a stir in the village. 

Getting off the boat was a bit stressful for the old duck, but she did a good job at getting us to the next motel for the night. Easy peesy with the GPS when she puts the right info in, cos I heard another word when she wasn't amused.

Then today we travelled again to Napier with some rest stops and an interesting place for a cuppa. The staff took me out the back to show me off to the rest of the staff. Another photo shoot. This is a bit like her modeling. Maybe I should be charging a fee for these photos.

Tonight's motel is another good one. Even has a restaurant here so again we head off and she needed a wine for some courage to be in such a place by herself. But she wasn't as I was with her. I nearly had to hold her hand! For goodness' sake she's a grown woman, more photos and staff thought I was great, or was that her!!!!!. 2 wines later and a beautiful meal, she staggered back to our motel.

So, another swear word I could hear cos she couldn't get the photos onto this blog today. It's all that wine, it's gone to her head I feel. So, watch this space cos she may have to get her daughter to sort her out AGAIN.