Just for the hell of it I thought I would go into Google Earth and take a random shot of the Tuscan country side. So I found a place a bit like we're headed to. Nice grounds, a pool, that sort of thing. Something like this:


By the way, how's the Wellington winter doing?

Hi Graeme.

Yeah so here's the Paris forecast this weekend.



And I see Wellington is pretty consistent and stable:



So you wouldn't be fiddling around with the controls on the heater. Turning it down or anything.