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And if you go to Milford Sound look out for the lupins
growing wild on the side of the river bed on the road up from Te Anau. It's
the most fantastic sight and scent.

Actually these lupins are a pest in New Zealand. When we were there 7
years ago we found that they were growing everywhere and gangs of
workmen were spraying the roadside clumps with weedkiller.

I brought back a few seeds from the Blenheim area and they germinated
here but the plants died. A pity, because they are a bright yellow and
do look lovely.

Regarding Ashburton, when we passed through the town we noticed that
someone had added an 'H' to the front of the name on the road sign!

Roy.
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Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.