Today was a Great Day! Waking up to glorious sunshine after a night listening to the kiwis calling under a brilliant Milky Way sky. We drove to see the really big trees. The Four Sisters growing from a single root stock - that's me waving, Te Matua - the second biggest Kauri tree in NZ and Father of the forest then finally…
We had hoped to visit the NEC on Tuesday, the opening day. This was not possible because we had to travel to Southampton for a friend’s funeral. Thinking that a day of rest might be useful we decided on Thursday as an alternative. However this plan was almost put in doubt by Doris. Doris is not a calm and peaceful OAP…
Today was a good day. We took a leisurely drive across to Dargaville through the ridiculously pretty countryside that looks like Capability Brown designed it. We lunched at Baylys Beach where ancient Kauri trees stick out of the sand like huge black rocks. The beach is apparently longer than 90 mile beach which makes us…
With much better weather today we managed to dodge all the showers and even had a swim and a sun bathe after going to see the Kiwis in their special nocturnal house where they were very active poking around with their long beaks like blind men with white sticks. there was an adjoining heritage museum with some nice settler…
Well the rain definitely arrived overnight! We enjoyed a scenic drive north through the lush green rain forest and the most rolling of rolling farm land to Whangerai - New Zealand's most northerly city. On the way we paused for coffee at a scenic car park overlooking an estuary when two vehicles pulled up, a couple of…
Thought you might like to see my family Facebook blog of the trip we are currently enjoying to New Zealand's North Island I'll start with Day 1 We had a great day in Singapore, what a place it is! A group of young Malaysian women stopped me I thought they wanted me to take their photo for them, turned out they wanted to…
To read the story with annotated pictures please see my blog Blog post here Herself and I have a an occasion coming up this spring, and this occasion is getting in the way of caravan adventures over both the Easter and May Day weekends. This had been troubling me somewhat, so when Herself mentioned that we may get away in…
I have been camping, caravanning, and motor homing for more years than I care to remember. It started out when my late parents decided to buy a motor bike and side car tent etc. and pop me in the side car and off we went. Of course I don't have any recollection of this I'm just going by the stories my parents told me about…
Nightingales - thank you for the music! Adrian Thomas, RSPB #SaveLodgeHill project manager, reflects on the inspiration that Nightingale song has brought to composers and musicians across the ages. Last year, I was fortunate enough to spend time alone with a Nightingale in full song. It was dark, and the blackbirds had…
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