Author Archives: Ross

Saturday 25th September was a better sort of day. And a moving on sort of day. With a stop in town for catching up and stocking up, we headed over the hill to Waitati and sunshine. We stayed with friends … Continue reading →

The week from 20th September was another busy one. We were still staying at the Wingatui Racecourse. Monday we took the car to the car hospital to get her chassis straightened a bit. Was it Oscar Wilde who said that … Continue reading →

Woe is me. And sorry, I’ve fallen behind once more. Let’s see – the dog ate my laptop? Aliens kidnapped us for a month? How about we were busy getting around catching up with family and friends and making wedding … Continue reading →

Monday 13 September was a new week and time to get down to work. Work as in getting getting married sorted out. We did the rounds of a few shops and places in Mosgiel and roamed as far as Outram. … Continue reading →

Friday 3 September and we were parked up at the Wingatui Racecourse. Near Mosgiel, near Dunedin. When people ask where we come from and we can’t be bothered explaining that we come from nowhere in particular then we say we … Continue reading →

Back at the end of August we were still in Christchurch. Wyn hung out with a friend from Dunedin (who we’d run into the evening before) and I hung out on the internet with my virtual friends. Or caught up … Continue reading →

Woops. We hadn’t updated our blog to say we’d moved south from Christchurch. We were at Taieri Mouth south of Dunedin when the earthquake shook Christchurch on Saturday morning. We must have been some of the few in the South … Continue reading →

It’s Tuesday and slightly sunny and slightly warm in Christchurch. We finally reached Christchurch on Sunday, via Rangiora and a visit to Brian and Judy – my brother and sister-in-law. We headed on to the Woolston Club car park and … Continue reading →

Last Saturday we woke slowly beside the sea at Paparoa Point on the coast north of Kaikoura. We’d had a rough sort of walk the day before to Sawcut Gorge and we had a few complaining muscles. We were just … Continue reading →

Flashback to last week.  We left Blenheim on Thursday and got as far as the sandhills by the mouth of the Waima/Ure River. About 8kms south of Ward and 2 kms north of Wharanui – not that you’d ever know … Continue reading →

Last Tuesday we had time for a bit of a walk around Blenheim – looking at some of the sights and scenes instead of just rushing off to somewhere. We’d been there for much of 5 months and thought we’d … Continue reading →

We’re making slow progress south. Saturday morning and we’ve only got as far as Paparoa Point north of Kaikoura. Thursday we got as far as the sandhills south of Ward at the Waimea River Bridge. Yesterday was a Big Walk … Continue reading →

Today’s a soggy sort of morning here in Blenheim. Just the right sort of day for leaving town. We’re heading south, to Somewhere. We don’t have an exact or even vague plan yet as to where we might finish up … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, back in Blenheim in April… We were parked up at the Racecourse and Laura had flown back home. We started helping with some admin work at the motels. No sooner had we started than we had a day off … Continue reading →