Historic Hotel

Mr Man, our Nuts'n'Bolts man and his exhausted passenger arrive with a flourish at this historic hotel!
The Hurunui Hotel is famous in New Zealand for its liquor licence, having held its license continuously since 1st July 1860. The original owner, John Hastie, was granted a conditional licence for the ‘Hurunui Accommodation House’. Conditions included; "that he keep eight beds in four bedrooms; shelter for six horses; provide stock yards for yoking up cattle; provide horses for travellers to ford the river; and also direct strangers to a safe fording place."

[Caroline]

Gorgeous spot Maggie!

[Ann Stenson]

WOW!.....That crazy guy sure gets around Maggie!.....This looks like a great place for them to stay & relax from the days adventures!.....Love it! : )

[Myrna O'Hara]

And look there were people there to greet them. How nice.

[Kerri]

Great capture

[Pat Knowles]

Doing a wheelie too !

[Harry J Benson]

They are sure having a great adventure :) Sounds like a great place to stay

[Lisa Pouncy]

Just make sure he doesn't drink and ride! xx

[judith deacon]

He's having an amazing journey, this looks a better place to stop if his passenger doesn't like ghosts.

[Sue McCarter]

Love the Colonial feel to this.

[Cromwell]

I love places with rich with history. Thanks for sharing, Maggie.

[Lindy]

This building looks as if it has had some tender loving care over the years a much better choice for Mr Man. Lovely photo.

[richard saffold]

if they have their booze the guests may overlook the other things.

[Chris]

lovely photo. thanks for sharing the history too.

[Linda Lorraine]

Looks like a good place for them for the night. :-)

[☠northy]

this is a lovely photo of such an interesting place... Mr. Man sure gets around!

[Sheila]

Looks like Mr. Man's kind of place.

[Lyn]

Lovely that Mr. Man is getting to go along on this trip. . .

[Maggiemae]

@chard If the guests are too boozed to ask questions? Or Mr Man is too boozed to drive straight?

[tony gig]

Looks a great building Maggie, and as usual great story.

[Jolly]

NnB sure found the right place... what would any place be without a ford in the river? Nice bit if history there...

[Nikki]

Ha.. Hope they enjoyed a beer while they were there

[Kelly]

Great accompanying history Maggie and Mr Man has certainly clocked up the miles this week! Nice capture

[Margaret Tryon]

He certainly travels more than me. Great shot and very interesting.

[Mary Downing Hahn]

This one could be haunted, too --

[Yvonne]

What a beautiful hotel. How interesting that it had the addition of the word "accommodation" in the name. (I'm working backwards with the shots and should have done it the other way around. Stinks to try and play catch up ; )

[Dana Palermo]

What a very nice historical place!

[Carole Imes]

The perfect spot and Mr Man and his lady seem happy to find it. Love the history....looks like such a neat place. Terrific shot!

[michelle mcintyre]

Mr Man gets around - like where he pulled up here!!

[Sharon]

Nice bit of history and a great shot of the hotel. Like the spin out Mr Man is doing.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Now that's more like it. Great history!