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About The Tininn, Culverden, North Canterbury, New Zealand

• 1.5 hrs drive from Christchurch
• 3 bedrooms, separate lounge and dining areas
• Secluded quiet location
• Hosts: Murray & Deirdre Sisson
• Altitude: 300 Metres
• Features: Golf, fishing, hunting, hot mineral springs, horse trekking, scenic flights, skiing, tramping, mt. biking, photography, farm tours.
• Climate: Low rainfall, typical inland NZ

Contact Info:

Tininn
13 Pahau St
Culverden
North Canterbury
Phone: 64 3 315 8060
eMail: thesisson@clear.net.nz

 

New Zealand Information

• 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+12). 
• New Zealand operates daylight saving time which commences on the last Sunday in Sept., when 2.00am becomes 3.00am, and ends on the first Sunday in April of the following year, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am, or GMT+13.
• International dialing code is 64
• Money is $NZ dollar and is usually less than the US and Aust. dollar. Credit cards and EFT POS widely available.
• Language: English predominates
• Health: high grade medical and emergency facilities available. 111 is the ph. number for emergencies

Welcome to Tininn Lodge Bed & Breakfast News...

Saturday, November 22, 2008....

Growing Strawberries

Greetings from Culverden-The Place with the Big Sky-and Tininn
Bed and Breakfast.

Murray and I have never been great gardeners-but this year we
decided to grow some strawberries.As we haven't a lot of room, we decided to grow them in buckets

The following photos show how we got on.





Some of the crop! Murray even painted the buckets for me!








After three meals of lovely strawberries we began to feel pretty smug.


However the birds have now found the strawberries and are having a real feast.All the stock firms are closed today so I can't get any wire netting.

So I have now got this black cat standing guard, he had been out in the garden in the tussocks.
He used to belong to my Mum, I think he was given to her by her sister Lou.Anyway he was in Hanmer Springs with Mum, then Christchurch, then down to Kurow where she died.




The amazing thing is that no more strawberries have been eaten-for the moment anyway.!!!

On Monday I'm off to PGG Wrightsons or CRT to get some netting.Hopefully the Cat will keep the birds away until then.

We've become quite used to strawberries for dessert.!!

posted by Deirdre  # 4:45 PM 1 Comments

Sunday, November 16, 2008....

The Best part in having a Bed and Breakfast? The People!

One of the nicest things about having a Bed and Breakfast in Culverden - is the lovely people that you meet.





Clifford and Greta come from Corby, Northamptonshire, England.Clifford first stayed with us in Feb/March and then decided to return Oct/Nov with Greta.They stayed with us for a few nights then took off on a tour of the South Island and returned to stay for their last night before flying out from Christchurch on Sat evening.They are great people and we enjoyed their company so much.

Clifford has an unusual hobby-he knits and crochets.I don't think I know another male who does this-even though my brother Malcolm was taught to knit when at the Prep School at Timaru Boys' High School by the then Rector Mr M A Bull.Clifford gave me a beautiful scarf that he had made from Merino wool,so when it gets nearer winter I will take a photo of it for you to see.





Anita comes from Nelson and Elizabeth from Golden Bay.They stayed with us for the Culverden Fete.

We left here at 9am the morning of the fete and didn't get home until 5pm so it was a long day.Anita and Elizabeth were such good fun and we had a great time-didn't spend too much money or drink too much wine!

It was sad to see them go home-but there's always next year!

posted by Deirdre  # 12:17 PM 0 Comments

Saturday, November 1, 2008....

The Culverden Fete

Greetings from Tininn Lodge Bed and Breakfast in Culverden.

Well the Culverden Fete is over for another year.

What a great day it was-the weather was superb-sunny with a breeze from the snow capped hills and the grounds were lovely as usual.





This photo was taken in the late afternoon-there was alot more snow on the hills at 9am that morning.





Some of the crowd





Our Nieces Emma from Rangiora and Sarah from Wellington.Emma had a stall at the Culverden Fete called The Second Frame-she makes pictures from Recycled Clothing.They are amazing and of course I had to buy some for Christmas presents.




Some of Emma's work





Some more of Emma's work made from Recycled Clothing.In the background you can see some of the scarecrows that were for sale at $70 each-apparently they were sold out by lunch time.





After a busy day looking at all the stalls,watching a demo by Jo Seagar, and catching up with people what could be nicer than a nice cold wine under the trees while listening to music? The lovely red hat and its pin in the foreground was purchased from one of the stalls.





This lovely plant caught my eye and I was amazed to catch up with the person who purchased it-Vicki who with her cousin Ruth run a fantastic shop called Cruella's Boutique in McShane Road, Richmond, Nelson.They stock rare yarns,alpaca and merino yarns and hand knitted fashion garments.

Classic, stylish, or funky they have a garment for all occasions.See them at www.cruellas.co.nz.

I must confess to not having been in Nelson for quite a while but my "spies" tell me that this is a place not to be missed.

Well thats all about the Culverden Fete-we had people staying all week in our Tininn Bed and Breakfast so we have been busy.


I can't wait till next year for the Fete 2009!!!!!!
posted by Deirdre  # 4:13 PM 1 Comments

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