A weekend trip to Christchurch: getting there

A combination of the Labour Day weekend and a new member of the family to meet (see Monday’s post), saw us pack our bags and head on south to Christchurch

This week’s small pleasures #147

Here we are again, Monday evening, and a time for a round up of this week’s small pleasures. I missed The Propagator’s Six on Saturday this week as we were away for the weekend, but could not resist heading up this post with a photo of another of the miniature daffodils that have flowered and make our terrace look like spring.

This week’s small pleasures #141 or a week in New Caledonia part 1

Coming to you a day late instead of a day early this week, as we arrived back from our trip to New Caledonia almost 2 hours later than we should have done.

This week’s small pleasures #97

Actually, to be accurate, the whole week was a small pleasure. We were in Singapore as you may have seen … More

This week’s small pleasures # 55

If you’ve read my last few blog posts, you will know I’ve been on holiday in Fiji for a week. … More

Escape to Fiji

So here we are at the end of our third full day in Fiji, sitting on the balcony, listening to … More

The one when the fog rolled in…

Wednesday morning dawned early for me, as I was up at 4:30am to catch a flight to Auckland. A work … More

Staying by the bay in Vancouver

To round off this series of blog posts about our Vancouver trip, just a few words about where we stayed, … More

Bah, humbug! Blogmas 8 December 2016

Anyone else not in a Christmas mood? Work is so stressful at the moment as we approach the holiday season … More

People don’t take trips…trips take people

Sometimes journeys go according to plan, with everything running on time and things just going smoothly. At other times, it … More