I know, I haven’t been posting much here, but it’s because I’ve been working hard. Honest.
Unfortunately Anna is a student these days, so I had to go out and find work. Find it I did, a little different to my usual line of work, with a small-medium sized New Zealand business. It’s been quite interesting [...]
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Working Hard
July 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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Lucky Escape
May 26th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Last Saturday was a superb morning, clear skies, no winds, just a touch cool. Perfect for mountain biking. So, dog in tow, we headed out to Woodhill. Nice riding, things going well, just one problem – there had been quite a bit of rain over the previous days.
Came racing down the hill, up to a [...]
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Family First
April 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Last weekend, things got a bit busy around here. My older brother was competing in the Cure Kids Adventure Race. This coincided with a weekend featuring both my 3 year old niece’s and my father’s birthdays. Somehow this morphed into a family gathering, and next thing most of my family were descending on St Marys [...]
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Chilling
April 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
I can’t say I’ve been overly stressing myself since I returned to New Zealand. Things have been very low key, no rushing around trying to find work, no running around the country, just taking it easy. The routine last week was something like: Get up, take dog for long leisurely walk, pick up paper on [...]
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Swansong
April 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Bike Touring
Before setting off on this trip, my father said that he thought this would be my swansong, my last trip of this kind. He was right, in a way. I don’t expect to do any more long solo trips, although that doesn’t mean my travelling days are over.
A couple of years ago, I wondered if [...]
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