Tuesday 7 April Bit of a down day at Albert Town, in more ways than one as the cold I’d been fighting for 3-4 days erupted into a fuggy head, streaming nose and explosive sneezes so we had a pretty chill day. We hit the shops for some food, hose bits, a hard drive, fleecy blankies and a new inner tube as Louis’ bike got a puncture. I even rescued a bee in the parking lot at the shops 🐝 Louis fixed the tyre and headed out on the bike for a bit but I lurked at Banjo for muc

Monday 6 April We’d shared mini Lindt eggs with our hosts, caravanning neighbours and friends on Sunday - but our focus had been on Warbirds. So Monday we paused, ate a few more choccie eggs and had an Easter video chat with my sister in London. I couldn’t find where I hid last year’s Easter decos so we bought a couple more and had them hanging above our beds all weekend. By now there were just the six of us, three vans, camping on Tom’s field, and mid-morning the others lef

Sunday 5 April Sunday was our ticketed day for Warbirds Over Wanaka - and also clock change, so we got a lie in before packing a picnic, hopping in the Pajero and preparing to join the enormous queues for the Warbirds carpark… but reader, there was no queue! We turned onto SH6 about 2km from the airport and cruised up to the volunteers who directed us to a space and we were through the gates at 10.05am as the Vampire & Strikemasters zoomed overhead in the opening display of t