December update: Tour of Southland, Graduation, an earthquake and Summer arrives!

img_9171Wow, and oops! I didn’t realise it had been over 2 months since my last update! We have had the tour of Southland, the Kaikoura earthquake, I graduated, the garden sprung up for summer and Ryding2Health is on the move!  Continue reading “December update: Tour of Southland, Graduation, an earthquake and Summer arrives!”

A shocking stay in Christchurch 

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Chrischurch Cathedral: in the midst of a legal battle to try and save/ restore it.

Labour Day weekend, we decided to go on a road trip up the east coast, the furthest north we had previously been was Oamaru. Our aim was to get to Christchurch, where Mark has some English friends that he hadn’t visited since we arrived. What I saw, left me totally shocked and stunned beyond words.  Continue reading “A shocking stay in Christchurch “