A weekend on call is supposed to be a time for catching up on chores and hoping that nothing too serious needs doing. It did not start all that well with a dog being run over early Saturday and
needing its hip put back in, nothing too serious and the rest of the day was quiet. Amy decided she wanted to stir things up a little on the Sunday though, as on her way to a pre-arranged call thought is would be far more exciting to try a little bit of off road driving. After coming to a stop upside-down in an irrigation ditch (thankfully empty unlike a month earlier) she managed to crawl out and knew the first farmer who passed by. The tr
uck was a complete write-off but thankfully Amy had nothing more serious than a little whiplash, a bruised sternum and an ear bashing about driving too fast on gravel roads! Not content with 1 incident, Amy decided she liked the local hospital so much that on Wednesday arranged for herself to be squashed by a cow, dislocating her big toe and badly bruising the rest of her foot. After 3 hours spent pushing her to various hospital departments we made it home just
in tome to wolf down a McDonalds, have a shower and make it to the local production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat just minutes before curtain up. It was a great production and surprisingly professional considering the cast were all amateurs from the local area with the Events Centre being a fantastic venue. Something different for Ashvegus anyway!
With Friday off after the weekend worked we headed down to Oamaru, Amy hobbling around on crutches, where we had a lazy lunch, saw some yellow eyed penguins and stayed with Ben and Becky for dinner and wine. We all then jumped in the truck to get to Dunedin on Saturday morning where we were meeting Jude who had made her way up from Invercargil way. With plenty of gossip and catching up to be done we did
not end up more than a few hundred metres from out motel, right by the Octagon in the heart of the city. Apart from
simply eating and drinking we did make it to the Speights Brewery for a tour of the building followed by a 30 minute tasting session. Our guide had said that it would be the tastiest medal, their best seller, you would taste due to its freshness and that was certainly the case being cleaner and crisper than the bottled variety or that found in pubs. It certainly started us off nicely before a good meal and some cocktails later.
Come Sunday we were only good for a relatively late breakfast out before heading to the peninsular for a look around in the fabulous sunshine. We ended up again at Sandfly Bay and again saw many seals and sea lions. Little wonder then why we went back! In the right
weather the Otago peninsular has to be one of the most attractive areas of coastal landscape, and we were seeing it in the right weather. We polished off a hearty lunch in Portebello before reluctantly
heading back north and home. In 2 weeks time we will be on the plane back to the UK for a 4 week visit. We have another on call weekend to negotiate first, hopefully it won't be so eventful!
needing its hip put back in, nothing too serious and the rest of the day was quiet. Amy decided she wanted to stir things up a little on the Sunday though, as on her way to a pre-arranged call thought is would be far more exciting to try a little bit of off road driving. After coming to a stop upside-down in an irrigation ditch (thankfully empty unlike a month earlier) she managed to crawl out and knew the first farmer who passed by. The tr
uck was a complete write-off but thankfully Amy had nothing more serious than a little whiplash, a bruised sternum and an ear bashing about driving too fast on gravel roads! Not content with 1 incident, Amy decided she liked the local hospital so much that on Wednesday arranged for herself to be squashed by a cow, dislocating her big toe and badly bruising the rest of her foot. After 3 hours spent pushing her to various hospital departments we made it home just 
in tome to wolf down a McDonalds, have a shower and make it to the local production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat just minutes before curtain up. It was a great production and surprisingly professional considering the cast were all amateurs from the local area with the Events Centre being a fantastic venue. Something different for Ashvegus anyway!
With Friday off after the weekend worked we headed down to Oamaru, Amy hobbling around on crutches, where we had a lazy lunch, saw some yellow eyed penguins and stayed with Ben and Becky for dinner and wine. We all then jumped in the truck to get to Dunedin on Saturday morning where we were meeting Jude who had made her way up from Invercargil way. With plenty of gossip and catching up to be done we did 
not end up more than a few hundred metres from out motel, right by the Octagon in the heart of the city. Apart from 
simply eating and drinking we did make it to the Speights Brewery for a tour of the building followed by a 30 minute tasting session. Our guide had said that it would be the tastiest medal, their best seller, you would taste due to its freshness and that was certainly the case being cleaner and crisper than the bottled variety or that found in pubs. It certainly started us off nicely before a good meal and some cocktails later.
Come Sunday we were only good for a relatively late breakfast out before heading to the peninsular for a look around in the fabulous sunshine. We ended up again at Sandfly Bay and again saw many seals and sea lions. Little wonder then why we went back! In the right
weather the Otago peninsular has to be one of the most attractive areas of coastal landscape, and we were seeing it in the right weather. We polished off a hearty lunch in Portebello before reluctantly 
heading back north and home. In 2 weeks time we will be on the plane back to the UK for a 4 week visit. We have another on call weekend to negotiate first, hopefully it won't be so eventful!
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