Time for travel: Wellington to Napier

As 2023 fast approaches, rather than do a retrospective of 2022 (I got Covid, ate out at nice restaurants etc), … More

This week’s small pleasures #304

It is Monday evening, the sun is shining and I am home for work, welcomed by a very happy Charlie. … More

This week’s small pleasures should be subtitled ‘the Auckland edition’ because the focus this week is our weekend trip to Auckland.

A short drive from Queenstown, lies Arrowtown, an historic town sitting on the Arrow River.

It is hard to believe it is already half way through January already. Holidays seem far away and the daily … More

On Saturday, the second day of our weekend trip to Christchurch, we drove over to Akaroa, around an hour and … More

This week’s (semi) Wordless Wednesday features Wellington early on Friday. Captions explain what is in the pictures. You can find … More

Like many people who remained fully employed during lockdown, I have not used as much annual leave as I would … More

A weekend away is always a good thing I believe. You have to stop the normal rushing around and take … More

On Sunday, as you may have seen from the last post, we popped over the hills to Martinborough. It just … More