Author Archives: Ross

And now it’s Christmas Day. It’s our second Christmas on the road. It’s a lovely warm morning here in Central Otago. Merry Christmas to you and all the best for the New Year and New Decade. We hope you have … Continue reading →

Wednesday (23rd) we actually worked a full day at the packhouse. The morning was the usual cherry sorting. When the full sorting team arrived in the afternoon we got to fill in for another couple who’d had to head away … Continue reading →

Friday 18th was a no-work day so we decided to move back over to the parkover place at Val’s. This gave us a chance to catch up with our washing. During the day I noticed that our solar controller had … Continue reading →

Yesterday (Thursday) we were up bright and early to start work in the packhouse at 8am. Luckily Wyn was going well. I wasn’t feeling too bright – I was still feeling the effects of the tooth extraction battle. Or more … Continue reading →

Today (Wednesday) has been a relaxed day getting stuff done before we start in the packhouse. My ex-tooth seems to be settling down nicely – touch wood. Wyn and Suzanne decided to tackle the walk to Cromwell. I got things … Continue reading →

Yesterday (Tuesday) we woke to an even bigger sprinkling of snow on the tops around Alexandra. We made another push on Christmas shopping. We almost bought a new BBQ for ourselves until we worked out that it wouldn’t connect to … Continue reading →

We drove on up to Wyn’s son’s place overlooking the Wanaka basin on Thursday 10th December. It was a fabulous day with fabulous views around the mountains. We enjoyed a few beers in the sun and had a BBQ tea. … Continue reading →

Oh dear me… We have got behind haven’t we! I just seem to get caught up on this blogging business and next thing I’m all behind again – a couple of weeks this time. And it gets harder to remember. … Continue reading →

Yesterday (Tuesday) was a much nicer day. The sun came out again and it warmed up nicely. And it was calm – particularly in the morning. A calm Lake Dunstan is a thing of beauty. After three weeks or so … Continue reading →

Monday was Dentist Day – that is I had arranged to take my teeth to the dentist. So I did. It was a cold overcast day – chilling. I had been thinking of putting my jersey away for the summer … Continue reading →

It’s a big day – Cromwell’s Christmas race meeting. Lots of marques and dressing up. Some workplaces use it as their Christmas staff function. We got invited to one such marque – for the company we’d been stacking wine bottles … Continue reading →

Saturday was the day before the Cromwell races. Wyn’s outfit needed a few adjustments so we headed into Cromwell later in the morning to see what was available. Wyn wanted something to adorn her hat. She ended up in the … Continue reading →

Friday (yesterday) started windy and got windier. And it was warm again as well, getting warmer. I’d booked in for Suzi’s Certificate of Fitness – the warrant thing for trucks. The nearest testing station is in Alexandra, so we drove … Continue reading →

It’s been a week of catching up with things that got put aside while working last week. Monday was washing day and we popped over to Pisa Moorings to my sister’s place to put a few loads through her machine … Continue reading →

And on the sixth day we rested. And recuperated. Sunday was a gorgeous day. We missed the first part of it – no more alarms for a while. The morning was sunny and calm. We headed off at about 11am … Continue reading →