I’ve read a few blogs and often find that entries can be long winded, self indulgent and /or written by women who wish they were called Carrie and lived in New York. But there are many benefits to writing a blog; the main and most important one is being able to let those people who care about Martin and I keep up to date with our whereabouts. The second reason is wanting to bottle just a little bit of this once in a life time, 12 month holiday.

So I’ll attempt to refrain from rabbiting on too much and keep it punchy (postcard length) instead.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Hazy days in the Hunter Valley

My friend, Jess, moved over to Australia a few years ago to set up home with her Australian husband, Aba, in Newcastle (2 hours from Sydney).  Newcastle is also conveniently 40 minutes away from the Hunter Valley so this seemed like a great excuse to visit the much talked about wineries.

We booked to stay in a very quaint little cottage which seemed like it belonged in Surrey, England than Cessnock, Australia.  

We had a great weekend catching up, and being driven from vineyard to vineyard by a heavily pregnant Jess, which enabled us to taste endless varieties of sparking, red and wine wines as well as port and several flavoured liqueurs! We left the Hunter Valley with happy memories, a car boot full of wine bottles clanking together and a bit of a hangover!

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  1. Claire MitchellNovember 13, 2010 at 4:28 AM

    Beck you are looking really tanned now!

    Sounds like a blissful few days :-)

    Claire xx

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