A castle, a garden and some more familiar names

In the last post, I mentioned the number of places we saw on the map with Scottish names in this … More

Wine and fruit in Central Otago

One of the fun things for me about traveling around Central Otago, was the place names. Roxburgh, Bannockburn, Hampden, Ettrick, … More

The road south of Christchurch is straight and flat, quite unlike many in New Zealand. If it is a good … More

I’ve only been to Christchurch twice, but on both occasions the weather gods have not been good to us. Our … More

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (or rather a cinema in Edinburgh in 1977), I saw … More

So here we are on Christmas Eve, and my early morning plan to make a cake didn’t happened as I … More

If we were having coffee or even a cup of tea, we would be sitting outside in the sunshine. It’s … More

A few of us at Pilates this morning were wondering where the year had gone. Here we are, with Christmas … More

As Friday evening approached, we decided to head out early with the hope of getting a table at a restaurant … More

I finished the last post just before we moved hotels to the Alto Hotel on Bourke Street. To be honest, … More