Heading to summer, leaving winter behind

It’s been two years since I was last in Europe, last saw the longest day in June rather than the … More

The good, the bad and the uplifting

We all experience good days and bad days, days where all goes well or we just feel content and days … More

Sun, sea and stunning scenery: a weekend mini break in Nelson

Friday saw me heading over to Nelson, in the north of the South Island, for a work trip.  Very convenient, … More

Peanut butter, chocolate and tea

Temperatures dropped this week and we even saw some rain, much needed mind you. But on Friday, the temperatures shot … More

For The Birds….

I often wonder what New Zealand must have sounded like before man arrived, and imagine an extremely noisy place, with … More

Slow down, you move too fast…

Every now and again, we all need to switch off, do nothing and enjoy the world around us.  I’ve only … More

Cee’s Challenge: Week 3

So here we are with my first Cee’s Challenge of this year.  I was on holiday in week 1 and … More

Rain, sun and wind or what we did in Dunedin when the weather couldn’t make up its mind

As the holiday drew to a close, we spent a day in Dunedin, walking about, going to museums and generally … More

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