Excursions, walks and another weekend part 2

Sunday morning began with croissants and ‘Dr Who’.  We settled down to watch the 50th anniversary special ‘The Day of … More

Excursions, walks and another weekend part 1

The weather this weekend has been fantastic, lovely and hot and sunny.  In fact, it has been shorts weather.  To … More

A museum, some savoury scones and more sunshine

This week, we have had some nice weather, and you can really begin to feel that the warmer half of … More

A hill, a beach or two and a mystery solved

Sunday was another lovely day, so we decided to get out for a while after our enormous breakfast.  We started … More

A road trip, Napier and Labour Day Weekend: Part 2

Sunday morning proved to be another sunny day, though there was the odd cloud on the horizon from time to … More

A road trip, Napier and Labour Day Weekend: Part 1

This weekend was the first long holiday weekend in months, and also another lovely, sunny one, which was good after … More

Sunshine, sand and the smell of the sea

The weather this weekend has been lovely again, warm, sunny and with bright blue skies.  On Saturday, we drove out … More

Hills, sunshine and more cooking

I’m writing this on Monday morning, with a near gale force wind blowing outside, which is a big contrast to … More

Hot water, mud pools and a parrot: a trip to Rotorua part 2

Sunday started with a bright coloured visitor to the garden, namely a parrot, or to be more strictly accurate, an … More

Hot water, mudpools and a parrot: trip to Rotorua part 1

This past weekend, we headed north to Rotorua to visit friends and at last see something more of this beautiful … More