Hi there y'all!

Just to let you all know that we commandeered the guy who was being employed to fix the lodge's computers to put our one on the wireless network, and after he'd spent about an hour playing with it and fixing all the bugs, we can now use our own computer to e-mail. (We are keeping this quiet from the boss, who had evidently just paid for our computer to be fixed...) Thus, you all might be much more likely to get decent replies to any letters you might want to write to us...

Nick and I have just had our first couple of days off, and went back to the real world for a night in the Horny Ox. Quite a shock to see cars again actually! We are popular now as we have returned with two casks of wine, loads of fresh fruit, and new books to read! And Nick and I also spent a vast sum of money on a decent pair of walking shoes each, so on our next days off we can go and sample the joys of the Queen Charlotte track (on which the hotel is situated) - and the muffins from the wood-burning stove of the next hotel round!

We have a wedding here tomorrow night, so it's all systems go with a marquee being erected, the grass being mown, and all rooms being cleaned and prepared for a big influx of guests. Nick is really getting into his housekeeping, and even had a conversation with a fellow housekeeper last night about the relative joys of cleaning the shower screens versus using meths on the chrome fittings versus bed-making and the production of cracking hospital corners. I am sticking to the bar and conversations with one of the waitresses about how good the crema on my espressos is (excellent).

Right, it's 11.15 which means that it's lunch in 15 minutes (yes, really) and so I will be off to get changed for work.

Hope you enjoy the photos - I think we can forget about the old blog now and I will soon put the Oz photos on here so you can finally see them!

Lots of love, V.