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Bruce and I had dinner out tonight at one of our local restaurants Thai Talay. It’s a great place for some tasty Thai food – the service is always good and fast too. I had the chicken with cashew nuts and Bruce had the lamb shanks. They were both delicious. It’s a beautiful night in Christchurch – which is very welcome as we’ve had some interesting weather this week. I’m looking forward to finally getting along to the Buskers tomorrow – I’ve not felt up to it this week as I’ve been nursing a rather painful shoulder injury. Thai food helped though …  as did the glass of wine and excellent company.

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Anyone familiar with the Heathcote Valley will recognise the silos from the Maltworks. They rather stand out in the valley and are something of an eyesore (though I have met people who actually like them). Well each to his own I guess, but whatever your opinion of the view, the fact is they are coming down (much to the relief of many Heathcote residents – including the one I met today who was very excited about them coming down).

So in about another week or so they will be gone (that is how long they estimate it will take them to get them down). As you can see with the photo below, they are using a wrecking ball and a rather large crane to bring down the silos. I’ve also recorded a video of the wrecking ball hitting the silos, so will link to that once it has finished uploading to YouTube.

The Maltworks are being cleared away for a planned over 55′s lifestyle village which is being developed by Christchurch company PLC Villages.

All around the city there are vacant demolition sites that have burst into life with wild flowers growing in patches. I’m not sure if someone has dropped some seed mix onto this spot or not – but some of the planting does look a bit random in places. I know there are some sites that are being purposely greened via Greening the Rubble – which I think is a fantastic initiative.

This spot is on the corner of Manchester and Welles Streets.

Burgers and Beers used to be on High Street (which is now in the cordon). They have re-located to Colombo Street (by The Colombo shopping mall). We popped in there for a burger and some of their delicious chips and gravy. I’ve been wanting to go and have one of their burgers for months now, but my strict diet put a stop to that. Well since I was still technically in holiday mode I made an exception and had it as a treat. It was just as delicious as I remembered…

Bruce’s burger – now that’s what I call a REAL hamburger!

And lastly – the chips and that delicious gravy (which we split between us). The gravy brought back memories of Sunday roast dinners. Yummo!