Author Archives: Ross

Friday 20 August was a nice warm day that got colder as it went on. I worked on web site stuff and even got around to updating our own. Wyn had a walk around the local shops and that was … Continue reading →

Back in April in the marvellous Marlborough Sounds, we woke to a new day at Elaine Bay. It was time for moving on – Laura had a plane to catch the next day. It was cloudy with the sun starting … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, back to August and Blenheim. It’s a sunny Thursday morning and 19 August. I’ve been helping with internet site stuff at the motels and Wyn’s been walking a few walks including a favourite one in the Wither Hills. Yesterday … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, back in April, Wyn and me and Laura are still parked up at the DoC camping reserve at Elaine Bay in Marlborough Sounds. Elaine Bay is just off the road north to French Pass and near to Tennyson Inlet. … Continue reading →

Today is a gray Monday in Blenheim. It’s 15th August. Our trip to French Pass (last post) was back in April. This is becoming one of those stories that zips backwards and forwards in time. I’m working on catching up … Continue reading →

As a matter of interest, the photos in each post can be enlarged by clicking on them. They’re shown in the post at 60% of their size to make the pages quicker to load. Clicking on the photo shows it … Continue reading →

There was a great information board at the lookout at French Pass. It was an interesting story and I’ve included parts of it here. Click on Read the rest… for more…

If Elaine Bay had made an impression on us when we arrived the previous evening, then next morning was something else again. The morning was sunny and calm. I got up quietly and grabbed my camera and my tripod and … Continue reading →

At last, I’ve remembered how to post. It has been a while – the Aussie Bay to Elaine Bay day was long, long ago back in April. Buuut I’ve sorted out how to do it and how to add the … Continue reading →

We woke to a lovely morning. We were parked/camped at the DOC camp at Aussie Bay on the Grove Arm of Queen Charlotte Sound. After a slow start to the day, we drove on to the head of the sound, … Continue reading →

Oh dear! Oh Dear! Oh Dear…! This is a very long time and no post. We are however alive and well and back in Blenheim – having had a few adventures in the meantime. It’s a question of where to … Continue reading →

Thursday morning was a lovely one. The weather forecast had been promising good weather for several days but somehow the sounds had been missing out. The forecast was good for several days ahead as well, it looked like being good … Continue reading →

Wednesday 7th April started early – the boys were going home. Michael and Andrew had a long drive home to Dunedin – approximately 750kms. So we were up before 7am and they were away by about 8am. It had rained … Continue reading →

Now that we are Scrabblee World Champions it might be time to reveal the history of this new board game. New and exclusive that is; it is only played by us since there is only one board in existence. It … Continue reading →

We’d had a good relaxing Easter at Whites Bay but by Tuesday 6 April we figured it was time to move on. Michael and Andrew had to drive back to Dunedin and put off leaving until Wednesday. In the meantime … Continue reading →