Robin’s Birthday Surprise

 For months our shared iPhone calendars have carried the event titled ‘Robin’s Birthday Surprise’ from May 20-25, and until a few weeks ago it had remained a total mystery to me. 

It was the Qantas app that shed a little more light on the plan when it revealed a red-eye flight to Christchurch on Wednesday May 20. Not that I was prying … I was innocently looking for the dates of another planned trip later in the year, when the app spilled the beans. 

That is, however, all I know. 

My family, when hearing the destination have helpfully provided me with a list of all the extreme sports that are possible when in Christchurch: bungee jumping, white water rafting, land-sailing, quad bike safaris, rock climbing, caving, helicopter flights, jet boats, sea kayaking  … you get the picture. 

My response was, that if Stephen Walls was organising the trip I felt confident it was more likely to involve a train than any of the above. 

If you would like to find out who was right, and join me on my birthday surprise, you can follow along on Polarsteps or through my blog at robinwalls.blogspot.com. 

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