Engaged at last!

We were absolutely flabberghasted when Simon rang very early on Friday, and we when got on skype he said "open up the email I just sent you" - and as you can see, there he is proposing to Jackie outside Leeds Castle. He set up the camera on timer and then scooted into the picture on bended Knee! No wonder Jackie looks surprised.
Jackie's mum Julie rang me soon after and we had a chat about the wedding - probably around Christmas time.
We went to Wellington that day. I did a little shopping before we went down to the waterfront for lunch - just a half bottle of Pol Roger to celebrate the happy couple. Then we went to the cricket - Masters 20-20 between New Zealand and Oz - the fielding and the running between wickets left a bit to be desired - but NZ made it in the end. Then dinner at the staduim which quickly filled up with the Indian community - there can't have been a single dairy open in Wellington. It was very noisy and colourful, and NZ won against India on the last ball, so a good game.
Fortunately, although we had picked the mystery hotel on Wotif -the accommodation website - it was the Holiday Inn which not only was the closest one to Westpac Stadium but also had excellent facilities for getting your own breakfast. On Staurday Duncan went off to a Visique meeting and I went shopping with Heather - picked up my wedding outfit complete with hat!! Also a good travelling outfit for our France trip and a couple of pairs of shoes. We went to the Monet exhibition which was astounding. The reproductions in books just doesn't do the pictures justice. Back to Gisborne - wet and deary - to recover from all this excitement.
A very exciting weekend.