The engineer and I spent the weekend at Waipatiki, a beautiful, unspoiled beach north of Napier (and in the Hastings District) It is going to be our “home away from home” as we plan on spending a few weeks each year there, hopefully to lure the overseas off-spring home for a short time every now [...]

Last weekend the engineer and I travelled to Gisborne to help my mother celebrate her 87th birthday. This involved going out to dinner at the Coliseum on Friday, then to lunch at the Works on Saturday, finishing the celebration by having Thai takeaways at my sister’s house. My mother has been widowed for over five [...]

I am now in the South Island and have passed Blenheim, getting closer to Bluff. In less than three weeks we will be walking on the Abel Tasman tracks, that will help my step number considerably. Only 7 more days of school. The Rugby World Cup has a lot to answer for making us work [...]

My iwalk to Bluff is making very slow progress. I spent the weekend with the engineer at a Rotary conference at Wairakei, the highlight of the weekend was listening to Sir Ray Avery. If you ever get the chance to hear him, do it! He is the most amazing, amusing, self-deprecating, generous and successful business man [...]

So we hear mark Lundy has cancer, oh sad what a pity! I am a believer in Karma, what goes around comes around! If life is not lived well and you don’t treat others as you would want to be treated yourself, it may come round and bite you! I truely believe Mark Lundy is guilty [...]