Author Archives: Ross

Tuesday was another lovely day in Christchurch. Our carpark at the RSA in Papanui turned out to be a bit noisy, with some sort of noisy roadworks starting up fairly early on. We took the car up to Rangiora to … Continue reading →

We had a great weekend with the other Traillite owners at the Agricultural Park in Christchurch. More and more turned up on Friday and eventually there were about 35 motorhomes. it was a great sight. Friday was a shocker of … Continue reading →

We took a while getting out of Blenheim on Thursday morning. I went round to pick up the blind from the dry cleaners. They’d done a rescue job and it looked about 95% better than the previous day and we … Continue reading →

We woke on Monday to find Blenheim a bit busier out in the street. Wendy and John were busy too, starting to get to grips with their motels. We made our usual slow start to the day, meaning to keep … Continue reading →

Sunday was moving on day; to the South Island. It dawned another bleak day, cold and windy. The southerly had arrived. I was up early and managed to get my outside jobs done before the rain started. We took all … Continue reading →

Saturday morningin Wellington started out nice and sunny, and even a bit calm.  We took a while to get going and it was early afternoon by the time we headed into the city. Launching off into the motorway hurtling down … Continue reading →

Friday was a gray sort of day in Wellington. In the morning we did some catching up and sorting out. After lunch we drove the short distance into the city. We wanted to do one of the tours of Parliament, … Continue reading →

I haven’t been able to find the TV video I saw on TV7 of the tidal/tsunami surges at Tutukaka the other day. But I have found this link to a very interesting account of the surges, and some video footage … Continue reading →

Yesterday (Thursday 1 October) we reached Wellington. It was easy enough. We drove down SH1 almost as far aswe could go without ending up on a ferry. It was a lovely morning in Levin and we took our time getting … Continue reading →

Wednesday was moving-on day – time to hit the road. It was another damp morning. We got a warning about the tsunami warning from my son who wasn’t sure whether we’d be at a beach – thanks Michael for the … Continue reading →

Tuesday was a day for mucking around in Marton – to do nothing much at all. We succeeded with that mission quite well. We read in bed for much of the morning and then managed to walk the couple of … Continue reading →

We woke to a grey day yesterday. The whole morning threatened rain and the afternoon delivered. We mooched around, reading and catching up with a few things. Wyn was keen for a bike ride and we started getting ready, thinking … Continue reading →

We had a nice slow start to Saturday, eventually cooking breakfast for Wyn’s brother Ian; the Greek Lamb sausages, thick smoked manuka bacon, free-range eggs and hash browns. After an afternoon nap, we drove to Wanganui with Ian and met … Continue reading →

We were up early on Friday in Pukekohe, hoping to be on the road south early. We had a long drive, especially by our recent standards. We hoped to make it to Marton to stay with Wyn’s brother Ian to … Continue reading →

Thursday was moving-on day. It was raining again at the Papamoa Top 10 and the forecast was for more. The word on Suzi truck was that her springs would be on the first truck in from Rotorua and she should … Continue reading →