1987 CHCH, and Dalmore, as they were

In the summer of 1987 Margo and I went on a motorbike trip around Christchurch highlights - most of which have now gone in the 2010-12 earthquakes - through Methven.  The result was a video tape (originally titled McKay to McKay) which I have now digitised.  Originally recorded on mini VHS, it it was  transferred to standard VHS, and now has been converted to a digital format (m4v) - so the quality of the original handheld version as gained a few idiosyncrasies along the way.

Not the bike on the tape  

Places  are:

• 111 Chapter St
• 'New' Girls High.
• Victoria Square and thereabouts 
• CHCH BHS
• University of Canterbury
• Design ideas for the yet to be built house on Longhurst Tce
• Rakaia Gorge and jetboats
• The Dalmore homestead 
• Lane St, Ashburton.  

People along the  way:

• Rod and Margo, Alistair, Catriona, Duncan
• Aunty Jessie (McKay) Shaw, (at Dalmore homestead)
• John Mackenzie and (cousin) Leslie (MacDonald) Mackenzie (at Dalmore)
• Alec Mackenzie (visiting Dalmore)
• Bill and Marjory Hart (at Lane Street)
• Don and Nancy Smith (visiting Lane Street) 

The bike in the image is not my bike at the time (a Honda Silverwing, v-twin w/cooled) but it gives an idea: it's Duncan about to take off on a road trip in March, 2014. 

The digital file of the Road Trip  can be downloaded from this post. The programme runs for about 54 minutes. 

WARNING: The following link is to a large file - about 1.2 gigabytes. It will take a few minutes on a fast (30 MB) internet connection and forever on a slow one. 

OOPS!! My Dropbox has been (temporally)  banned due to too much traffic. Since I am of Scots extraction I am using the free version. So attempts to down load will now fail until it resets itself.  So I have changed the way to access - CLICK HERE will let you send me an email to request the access,  allowing me to monitor access. 

CLICK HERE to request a download of file of McKay to McKay, in m4v digital format.  This should be playable on most computers.