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The weather down the Marlborough Sounds in November refused to clear up. And the forecast for Nelson always seemed to be “Fine weather with afternoon sea breezes”. So we loaded up the truck, and we moved to Tahunanui…. The Tahunanui … Continue reading
We woke up on Wednesday near Farewell Spit to mist and rain and time to go back. Back from Golden Bay to the real world. We stopped off in Takaka to do a few things. And Takaka looked even further … Continue reading
Monday 23 January we woke to a sunny morning in Murchison. We were in no hurry to leave, still enjoying not having to launch into another day of motel managing. We walked over to the Murchison butchers shop and bought … Continue reading
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