Last weekend I attended the 50th jubilee of my old high school in Gisborne, Lytton High. Not only did I go there from 1964 to 1968, but I also taught there from 1988 to 1997 and my three children were pupils as well in the 1990s. It was a great weekend, starting on Saturday with [...]

I’m in my last week of holidays, going back to school next week. So I’m trying to do a little more of the things on my list! I write a long list of things to do every holidays, but often I don’t get many of them done! Oh dear, what a shame. Still I went [...]

We had a wonderful time camping, at Mahia for 3 days, then on to Gisborne for a planned week. The engineer and I had beautiful weather at the camping ground in Mahia, very close to the beach. We then drove on to Gisborne to the Waikanae camping ground. Daughter Kate and her three children were [...]

Last Wednesday, our beloved dog Honey died. She had come camping with us for the very first time, to a dog-friendly camping ground at Eskdale in Hawkes Bay. I can thoroughly recommend this camp site, it’s laid back and relaxed with most of the campers with dogs. We had walked down to the river on [...]