Marc and Nifo are some of Wilma's great friends from Featherston. Ours too :)

I was sad to read of the collusion between a car and the Wairarapa Line. I read it had happened out of Featherston and if you have taken that commute for a decade you immediately know where that will have been. And yes, it was Western Lake Road. It's amazing that it hasn't happened more often.

At work in Wellington, when I mentioned we were moving to Featherston, I sensed an undertone in people's reactions that as a non-local I could not place. I even started to have doubts, but then Rachel said, don't worry. It's not like it used to be. I have mates who live there and they love it.

Ten years after emigrating to New Zealand, The Moving Company is packing our stuff again. Who would have thought…