Back home.

Back home.
Originally uploaded by spgibson.

Had a good trip home, all 30 odd hours of it. Here we are just waiting for Tom's train to Sheffield and for Patrick to pick the rest of us up from a wet Manchester Airport.

We've all had a marvellous time in NZ and are already planning the return trip! Everybody we met has been wonderful, thank you all for your friendly hospitality, I hope we can return the favor sometime.

Last rele...

Last rele...,
originally uploaded by thomas.g.

Me again!



Last night (last-last night!?!) we went to see Helen, another of Dad's first cousins (apparently that completes the set of Jim & Pat's kids). As promised she had lots of ace family photos, including quite a few UK ones we hadn't seen before (be afraid uncle Pat!).



Better turn off the phone before we get on the plane (... a Singapore airlines flight was lost today due to a mysterious electrical problem. The flight recorder seemed to be full of family photos...)



Ho hum,



Tom, on his own with the luggage, outside duty-free

Christchurch reles

Christchurch reles,
originally uploaded by thomas.g.

Hi all,



here we are in the hotel garden with Sheila & family (names to follow on Flickr, but blogging from my phone today). They popped round to meet us for a coffee, seeing as it's our last evening (might be faster if you imagine me putting "last" in front of everything from now on).



I'm fairly confident that Sheila is my second cousin, and dad's first cousin once removed. Hopefully Trish will confirm that!



;-)



Tom & the rest