Middlemarch

I will make this a short blog as we are sitting in the rain in Middlemarch and the connection seems to be unreliable. The last time I wrote we were at Pinder's Pond. We drove on through to Outram where we had a look at the Outram Glen as a place to stay. It looked OK but not really attractive. 10 ks down the road we came Mosgiel. We spent the night at the North Taieri Tavern just out of Mosgiel. We then met up with Grace and Gavan and went to the Leith Valley motor camp in Dunedin. Not cheap - $26 00 per night. However as we were to be going to Beth's 70th birthday party on Saturday we needed the showers etc. Sunday we went round to Beth and Lewis's and spent the night at the Ice Rink car park. On Monday we tried to get in to see the Cadbury's factory but it was booked out. We drove out to Taiaroa Head and discovered that the tour cost $28 per person - no. On the way back to Dunedin we took the up country road - a very interesting drive -- and called at Larnach's Castle gate - $20 to get in to the gardens - no. We then headed out of town andf spent the night at Clark's Junction Tavern. And here we are at Middlemarch