It is soooo straight that the most exciting event was a roundabout predicted for at least 68 km's by the GPS and we did end up counting down those K's in excited anticipation.
We had a lot of fun really, especially trying to figure out where some of the place names come from down here in Canterbury, I mean, where did they get Weedons from, or Irwell for that matter.
Chertsey, Pendarves, Dunsandel, Sockburn and Prebbleton are some pretty weird names but the first and second prize has to go to Swannanoa and Cust.
Just love those two names.
Every time I go past Swannanoa, I just have to sing that old song, "Listen, do yous wanna know a secret....." and what do you do in Cust? Well you cuss of course.
We cussed in cust. Everyone cusses in cust, it's that kind of cussing place.
Take a look at the second hand car yard in Hinds.
Yep that's a beauty of a name as well.
There is a lovely old triumph 2000 but where are the stags?
There was a ripper of a thunder storm happening out to the east which just gave this garage a really dramatic backdrop and all those cars are for sale, none of them under $5000 and thirty years old.
Hard to believe this photo was taken on 25th march 2012.
Nothing much has changed around here since 1964.
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| Local Car yard in Hinds |
hmm we had a lovely yellow Triumph 2500 when we lived in Napier... it was like a tank... We sold it and got more than we paid for it, noice!
ReplyDeleteLoved the "swananoa" comparisson.