Halloween and Hamner Springs

Jenn and Louise were sent away for a surprise girls weekend in Hamner Springs. Louise it seems hasn't had a night away from family for nearly four years! We think she must have been getting desperate. So off they were packed of in the Mondeo for a weekend of pampering. The journey there was marred by a strange incident with a lorry. The lorry joined us somewhere along the road as the girls were following a coach and then proceeded to tail gate the girls, you could see the flies on its grill and nothing else said Jenn nervously laughing. That alone wasn't a problem because new zealanders tail gate as their natural driving style. After it flashed its lights and got even closer and then honked its horn. Jenn suddenly felt like they were in a reenactment of the film Duel. They decided to turn of the road and let the lorry go. Got its number and will give him a peice of their mind!

Hamner is a lovely spot about 1.5 hours north of Christchurch and it has natural hot springs. So it was a steam bath, massage and soak in the hot pools for them. The village itself is very touristy but in a nice way, very relaxed, as you would expect. The motel room was awsome, more like a studio apartment. Jenn thinks they got an upgrade as the receptionist was a bit confused and thought that it was a couple of ladies who had booked rather than two ladies if you catch the drift and promptly changed the room to one with two beds. Anyway, they found a copy of Forest Gump DVD and the fridge was well stocked:

the lemon was to ward of scurvey...

In the meantime back at home Sean was left with the boys and no car and a Halloween party to get Jack dressed up for! Jenn had been asking Jack what he was going to do all week but never got an answer so, as usual Jack started to panic on the morning that Jenn was going. Its too late now he was told. Sean came to the rescue and Jack spent the day having an art attack and went to the party as the Mad Hatter:

On Sunday Jenn and Lou took a walk up the conical hill to see the view and doesn't she look relaxed:

One last dip in the hot pools and then it was off home again to survey the damage.

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