{"id":655,"date":"2018-02-24T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T07:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelnaylor.wordpress.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2018-02-24T07:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T07:10:57","slug":"day-18-to-the-eastern-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/day-18-to-the-eastern-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 &#8211; To the Eastern Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is pouring with rain when we wake. Predicted but disappointing. \u00a0We decided to make an early start and were off southwards by just after 8. Breakfast to be had somewhere south.<\/p>\n<p>After about an hour and half we stopped at a Cafe in a small town in Milton and had toast, eggs and coffee. \u00a0By the time we set off again the weather had brightened and we decided to drive the Southern Scenic Route. Lots of driving but worth it. \u00a0It was very windy with the start of Cyclone Gita.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-655 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/18d8bf4d-6ea6-4312-81c7-1968a984d120\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/18d8bf4d-6ea6-4312-81c7-1968a984d120-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/18d8bf4d-6ea6-4312-81c7-1968a984d120-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/18d8bf4d-6ea6-4312-81c7-1968a984d120-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb640975-dbfb-4f28-9b78-e1322623799e-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cb640975-dbfb-4f28-9b78-e1322623799e-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We arrived at our Airbnb about 6pm. \u00a0Upson Downs Farm. 500 acres, sheep and some cattle, run by Phillip and Rebecca. \u00a0We were shown our room for the night a converted shed which was made for farm workers in the 1950\u2019s. Nice.<\/p>\n<p>we were shown round the farm by 4 wheel drive, assisted by middle daughter Kate (about 8). \u00a0Very interesting.<\/p>\n<p>we then were ready for dinner which we shared with Phillip, Rebeccca, Kate and youngest daughter Georgia.(7).. who also showed us her 3 lambs and her horse! \u00a0Lovely roast lamb and we shared some of the beer I bought and they shared some wine. \u00a0A very easy couple to chat to and a super evening.<\/p>\n<p>We the retired to our shed and the sunset. \u00a0Nice evening with a lovely family.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-655 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/88af9ce0-43cb-4c16-8afd-a6241c997f2f\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/88af9ce0-43cb-4c16-8afd-a6241c997f2f-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/88af9ce0-43cb-4c16-8afd-a6241c997f2f-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/88af9ce0-43cb-4c16-8afd-a6241c997f2f-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/fffe7334-d160-4631-85e6-cb4a6684876a\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/fffe7334-d160-4631-85e6-cb4a6684876a-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/fffe7334-d160-4631-85e6-cb4a6684876a-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/fffe7334-d160-4631-85e6-cb4a6684876a-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/bdeca653-5e1e-421b-8ca0-815a44bded79\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bdeca653-5e1e-421b-8ca0-815a44bded79-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bdeca653-5e1e-421b-8ca0-815a44bded79-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bdeca653-5e1e-421b-8ca0-815a44bded79-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is pouring with rain when we wake. Predicted but disappointing. \u00a0We decided to make an early start and were off southwards by just after 8. Breakfast to be had somewhere south. After about an hour and half we stopped at a Cafe in a small town in Milton and had toast, eggs and coffee. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/day-18-to-the-eastern-bush\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 18 &#8211; To the Eastern Bush&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand-february-2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenaylors.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}