Lyn and I, not being able to visit Pip, Stu and Grandchildren in Singapore this year, decided to do a South Island tour going to places we hadn't been to or revisiting places we had seen many years ago. First stop: on the Inter-islander ferry, Kaiarahi, to Marlborough with friends Ruth and Karen and Ruth's dog, Toby, stuck in the hold in a kennel while we pigged out on hot chips up above (among other things). A calm, peaceful crossing with the always serene sliding down the mirror-like surface of Queen Charlotte Sound towards Picton once we were through Tory Channel. Lyn and I had taken our car so the others piled into it at Picton and we made the short 12 minute ride to Kaireperepe Bay where Ruth's house is. Then 5 days of relaxing,
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