Posted in Holidays, NZ travel, Photoblogging on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lauded by the upmarket food and travel magazines Craggy Range has been our regular Easter treat since arriving in New Zealand. So last week it wasn’t cheese batches for lunch but rather a long leisurely stroll through the Craggy Range menu.
Somehow the food tastes better when you have a fantastic view to admire at the [...]
Posted in Photoblogging, kiwi Campaigns on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One thing New Zealand isn’t short of is beautiful places. The natural beauty of the country is really what makes this such a special place – they don’t call it God’s own country for no reason!
On Monday we finished our break in Hawkes Bay with a stroll on Ocean Beach, an olympic effort throw of [...]
Posted in Nightwatch, Photoblogging on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve jabbered on a bit about the nights drawing in and getting darker. The plus side is that you can see the stars earlier and there is more time to be moonstruck. There have been some awesome sunsets recently and full moons to keep us entertained. Here’s one we captured on camera from our cottage [...]
Posted in English Sporting Pride, Kiwi Sporting Pride, Photoblogging on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t want to tempt fate as there is still one more day to run at the test match for England and the Black Caps up in Napier but we did enjoy our trip to the match on Sunday.
It was a bit of a worry though as we turned on the radio on Saturday morning [...]
Posted in Basset blogging, Photoblogging on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since we didn’t think that Fortnum and Mason would be able to stand a day at the cricket we packed them off to their basset family for the Easter break. They were very excited when they arrived to be back in familiar territory happily climbing into their kennels when we arrived.
When we went to [...]
Posted in Guestblogging, Photoblogging, Visitors on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Guest blogger: Sarah
Our intrepid traveller tramping the Milford Track
The reward at journey’s end
I’ve just returned home to cold, snowy Yorkshire after a fantastic three week trip to New Zealand. Julie and I met in 2005 when she joined NHS Direct as my boss and I’m lucky to have had her as a friend ever [...]
Posted in Bob's photoblogging, Photoblogging, Visitors, kiwi travel on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was a beautiful day today – sun shining with temperatures in the high twenties. A perfect day for cruising what can otherwise be a bleak coastline of the South Wairarapa.
It’s been a while since I visited Cape Palliser as the last time we were there it rained, my back was [...]
Posted in Bob's photoblogging, Photoblogging, kiwi travel on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the days get darker and the winds get stronger it’s nice to reflect on our summer this year. In particular the holiday we had in Golden Bay. Bob’s photoblogging shows Ligar Bay in all it’s glory and sums up the sun, the sand and the sangria (well beer and wine actually) we partook on [...]
Posted in Bob's photoblogging, Country life, Photoblogging on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is no doubt that we are heading into autumn. The mornings and evenings are getting darker, the wind that bit chillier and the blackberries are out in the lane.
I pottered out to see if I could find some to make a crumble but looks like Bob and Sheila had snaffled them all [...]
Posted in Basset blogging, Photoblogging on March 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s nice for MT to be able to commune with his puppies and play master at weekends. It is however typical for him to be spoiling and indulging Fortnum and Mason in ways that do much to undermine the disciplined approach that they get with me most of the time.
There are treats, lots of petting [...]
