Author Archives: Ross

Mooching in Marton Wednesday 11 March

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We woke to not a very good day in Marton, windy, wet, and cold. Wyn stayed in bed and finished her book. We borrowed her brother’s washing machine for a few loads, which mostly dried between showers. Her brother brought … Continue reading →

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Windy in Wellington Tuesday 10 March

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We woke to the alarm again, both feeling doubtful starters. Wyn had a bad sore throat, and I just felt crook – needing more sleep. We debated staying put – and seeing the impressionists exhibition in Te Papa, but it … Continue reading →

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Off the Island – Monday 9 March

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We actually set the alarm, and it woke us at 6:20am. It had bucketed down in the night, but cleared to another nice morning. A friend of Wyn’s called round for a cup of tea before work, and then we … Continue reading →

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Circling Christchurch Saturday & Sunday 7/8 March

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We woke to a lovely morning at Ealing – with not a cloud in the sky. We finally got away at about 10:30am, ande arrived in Christchurch around mid-day. We stopped at the dump station at Templeton, only to find … Continue reading →

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Back to Dunedin – 26 February

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We woke to a sunny morning. It was time to move on. We’d arranged jobs in the Bay of Plenty starting on 23 March, and we had stuff to sort out in Dunedin. We’d had a great few weeks in … Continue reading →

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Right Up Mt Roy Wednesday 25 February

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

This was D-Day for us, our day of reckoning. We’d trained and built up for the climb, Mt Roy is 1500m or so, a climb of over 1200m.  Sometimes it’s called Roys Peak, but Mt Roy sounds more adventurous. The … Continue reading →

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Hanging Around in Central Otago

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

Lake Dunstan Thursday 19 February The diary doesn’t record much activity for this day. Probably we were tuckered out from keeping up with the walking group the previous day. The forecast was for rain for a few days, and it … Continue reading →

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Walking to the Centre of New Zealand – Wednesday 18th February

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

This was the day we went out tramping with the “walking group”. They were more like mountain goats. This was the walking group my sister goes out with. It was lucky we’d done some training – they were fit and … Continue reading →

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To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump …

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

Tuesday 17th February was definitely rest and relax day. It was a lovely calm morning, with a light northerly later. We did a bit more washing of the tramping gear. And finally headed into Cromwell. First stop was the dump … Continue reading →

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Pack Track up the Pisa Range (Monday 16th Feb)

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We woke to the alarm and a bit excited. We were going tramping, somewhere up the Pisa Range. It was a cold gray morning, with the possibility of rain – just as forecast. But it was also forcast to improve … Continue reading →

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Sticky bun Sunday – 15th February

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ross

We made a slow start to the day. It was sunny but cold, with a chilling wind. We tackled the previous day’s dishes, and generally cleaned up. We headed into Cromwell by 11am, in time to see the veteran cars … Continue reading →

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Catch-up day – Friday 13th

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Ross

We woke to a grey (or is it gray?) morning – it had rained in the night and was colder in the morning (14 deg at 9am). We caught up with the blog, and Wyn started catching up on emails. … Continue reading →

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Spectacular Sluicings (Thursday 12th)

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Ross

We woke to the sound of rain on the roof. Now that was unusual. We cannot remember when it was that we last had real rain – how’s that for lucky. It was a gray morning, low cloud, light rain, … Continue reading →

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Followed by a week of not working …

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Ross

It turned out that I wasn’t needed to train anyone else, so we decamped – along the road to the park over at Earnscleugh. We checked that there was room and left the car, and went off to Alexandra in … Continue reading →

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First (and last) week of work

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Ross

Today, (Saturday 31st January) is our day off, and will be followed by lots more… we called it quits. Chucked it in. Snatched it. Resigned. We’d given it a good shot – we were expecting tired and sore muscles and … Continue reading →

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