Adventures 2013

This year has a European flavour with a stay in a Villa in Portugal, driving tour of Brittany, home exchange in a farmhouse in Gascony and of course a return to the farmhouse in Derbyshire.

Let the adventures begin and may they be full of life experiences!

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About Me

Now we are retired we spend three months each year travelling. This blog records some of our adventures! · 2012 Hong Kong, Jordan, France, Cuba and England. · 2011: Copenhagen, Derbyshire and Bavaria ...wonderful! · 2010: New Zealand, South America, Denmark, UK and Africa! · 2009 Dubai, Italy, Portugal, England and of and of course a year in Gunnison, Colorado.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Christchurch once more!

Arrived back to the the Grand Chancellor Hotel, looking like vagabonds with all the bits and pieces from the campervan. Bryan from Go Wild was supposed to meet us there but NO we had a half an hour drive to return van.

Once there, he briskly gave us the money for the tyre and petrol but refused to acknowledge any real problems with the van.

Sadly had to get onto the internet and complain and we have now be compensated by one day's hire.

Not really what you want for a holiday.

Moodily he said he would run us to the airport, when we said we were in town at the Grand Chancellor he was even more pissed off and drove at 130km per hour to town. He kept mumbling that there was nothing wrong with the van until we tried to stop at lights and veered to the left and only just stopped in time.

He asked shakily if we were ok and then proceeded at a more regular speed. That guy definitely needs a negative blog but will wait til we get our dough!

So... that was New Zealand... groggily we tumbled out of the door at 4.00am the next morning....no shuttle eventually arrived and we made it onto the plane to Auckland!

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