Saturday 4 April After the fun of the air show, Saturday was a chores day - Louis swam, I went to New World and the Sallies, we filled up with fuel while we still could and we went on a fruitless hunt for a Pembroke Pâtisserie hot cross bun (no pun intended). I had fun at Sallies - the Teletubbies plate was one that Ella and Amy had as toddlers; the sequins were tempting but I resisted; and I nearly bought another bargain Stella&Gemma sweatshirt but feared it was a bit matchy

Friday 3 April Friday dawned with a watery moon behind Banjo & the vans and a shepherds warning sunrise in front. First day of Warbirds Over Wanaka but none of us had Friday tickets so some set up the chairs by the vans to watch the overhead air displays from the comfort of our lovely camp, some cycled over to the airport and we made complicated arrangements with the very helpful Wayne Senior to collect our generator which he had kindly ferried down from Christchurch for the

Thursday 2 April A rude awakening at the Webster household - 6am and the concrete team arrived to pour the floor for their new garage/shed! I popped my head out the door around 6.20 and it looked amazing & alien - all floodlights and a massive cantilevered concrete pouring hose machine. Checked in on progress over the next couple of hours as the light changed - pale & pastel at 7.30am and golden glow at 8.30am - and the team worked on levelling the concrete and then packing a