Cardrona and Arrowtown

We were delighted by green paddocks full of little spring lambs on the Cardrona Valley Road. We had lunch at the Cardrona Hotel and visited the Schoolhouse Shop.

Arrowtown is as delightful as ever. A passerby asked Mum if she could take her photo. I guess she looked pretty natty with her R.M. Williams stockyard shirt, tweed skirt and rustic walking stick. She’s attracted similar attention before (in the English Lake District) when her little brown trilby hat and ‘Driza-Bone’ oilskin coat caused a Japanese woman to exclaim: ‘Miss Marple!’ and photos were taken.

The Museum was a treat. Mum was dwarfed by a Moa skeleton. ‘Imagine meeting that in the wild!’ she said.