Final weekend madness with Lorna and Iain - who else?

The night before my Karate grading we were lucky enough to get another visit in Wellington from Lorna and Iain for a farewell soiree. It was really nice of them to make the effort to come down - and although sad to part, it is thanks to them we have so many good/hazy memories of some good times in NZ. They wil be sorely missed.

On the Friday night we thought we would play a trick on the pair and told them to meet us at the Splash Club - it's a brothel on the main street - but unfortunately the taxi driver either genuinely didn't know where it was or he was playing dumb. Anyway, the joke was rescued as Lorna had already texted a friend (who is a local) to say that she was in Wellington and heading to the Splash Club to meet some friends - nice. Guffaw guffaw (a cheap shot I know)

We had a couple of drinks on the Friday but the big night out was always going to be the Saturday - Katie and I had arranged to meet some people from work in town, the All Black's were playing on the telly and we were all on a high. Iain and I foolishly thought we would see it through the night to catch the USA versus England at 6am. (we got home at 5.30am)

As usual mayhem then ensued - here are some photos....

Senpai Daniel from my Karate club came out with us

Iain tried to impress Dan with his crane style.

Add your own caption for this one............

Chuck came out and made some funny faces, with Robert from school

Steve came to see us and stayed past his bedtime.

Iain and Lorna left to return to the heat of Auckland after a Sunday of hanging around in front the big fire.

And that as the say is that, out last night out in Welly and time to go home. Another classic weekend, more good times and some really silly photos.

Never mind, now that Katie and I are travelling again the usual cultural posts and sights will return - maybe!