Oh by the way Julie, to see these photos bigger, just CLICK on them and apparently they come up to full size.
TTFN, thanks for looking and I'll be back again soon. xx
I didn't have time to do this last week so kind of have two weekends to do at a time plus try to remember how to use this new format which quite honestly, is driving me nuts. Wish apple would just change their mind and keep on doing the Web page, grrrr. Anyway as part of the Autumn Festival Arrowtown also had a Pie and Pint event which we went to on the Sunday afternoon as it was another lovely sunny and warm day. (Derek was still in his shorts anyway!) The local pubs and the micro brewery were showcasing their beers so for $2 you bought half a cup, about a third of a pint, and tried the beers. We had some nice German ones and Derek liked the Belgian ones, very strong and dark, so at that time I decided to be good and drive so Derek could carry on sampling! We also had the pies on offer from the restaurants too; we had the spiced lamb and pine nuts ones in flaky pastry which were gorgeous and the wild apple and pear crumble pies with cream, to die for. The event was very popular as there was a bouncy castle for the children, magicians and things and the centre of town was cordoned off again. It is so nice that they do things like this here and to be able to join in with them too. It is one thing that is missing in the UK as unless you live in a village, there are too many people to get this kind of thing done and it is important to community. It just makes you feel a big part of the place you live in and somehow makes you care about everyone more - I know what I mean anyway even though it might not seem like it! There were some great bands playing too, lots of Fleetwood Mac type music. There were some children down here panning for gold which you can do in this stretch of the river. I don't suppose anyone ever finds anything here any more but they certainly do in other parts and not far from here either. They took out loads from this area in the hay day or 'back in the day' as they say here so lots of people made their fortune in this small part of the South Island. Oh by the way Julie, to see these photos bigger, just CLICK on them and apparently they come up to full size. TTFN, thanks for looking and I'll be back again soon. xx
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AuthorMy name is Helen Baker and I am now living back in the UK with my husband Derek after living for for five years in New Zealand. I am a Mum and Grandmother to two daughters and 6 grandchildren who are my whole world. I love taking photos, patchwork and scrapbooking and this page is here so that I don't have to write lots of letters home but can still keep in touch with those I love x Archives
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