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In the old days these hills sometimes resembled islands surrounded by gigantic herds of buffalo that stretched on all sides as far as the eye could see . Sarah and Alex are university lecturers in English literature and philosophy , and between them they created a tongue-in-cheek eyewitness account of that eventful day which is so compelling that we have appended it to this letter . Lindsey , Pam 's eight year old niece , is appalled yet fascinated by the French penchant for eating unusual things , and on discovering a large frog squashed on the road outside the pub said " cor look at the size of that - - you 'd have thought someone would have nicked the legs off of it by now " ! Having just seen the movie Titanic , Julia and Alex spent much of their time striking romantic poses ( not necessarily with each other ) at the very bow , making more room for us all . Think of a complete absence of any form of advertising - - what heady relief that brings to the eyes , particularly after living in N. America , always surrounded by jarring visual shrieks : buy Buy BUY . And finally , Auckland and home , where Nikki had done an excellent job of looking after our house and clearing up the remnants of any teenage parties that might possibly have been held here . It 's the first time she 'd taken on any kind of music programming , and found her years of Calgary Early Byrd experience an enormous help . Every year we end this letter with a prayer for peace that grows more fervent with each passing year . There was no sign of any other humanity , and in our secluded little bay it felt as though we were anchored off a wild , unexplored South Sea Island .