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Monday November 27, 2023We’re inviting rain here aren’t we?
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The £18 backpack
Back in 2016, in another life on a different continent, for just £18 from Amazon!!, I bought this backpack. Since then, it’s taken me to: Venice 🇮🇹 Florence Czech Republic Back to the UK again Venice (again! 💜) Sydney and Canberra Allllll over New Zealand 🏡 And it’s been my daily driver going to the office for the past 5 years. Part of me thinks it’s time for a replacement, but part of me thinks it’s indestructible.Sunday November 19, 2023 -
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Sunday November 12, 2023This continues to not be a food blog.. 🥩
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Thursday October 19, 2023Early morning sun ☀️
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Welcome to the world, little Evie
It feels like we’ve been waiting forever, and then all of a sudden, she’s arrived and taken our breath away.Wednesday October 11, 2023 -
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Sunday September 24, 2023Just a boy and his dog..
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Mud tyres & the Hunua Ranges
I got the Jeep serviced last week and it turns out my old tyres were worn down. It also turned out that the cost of replacing them with 20 inch wheels and really big tyres is absolutely astronomical. So instead of doing that, I decided to go with the interim of just big chunky mud tyres. And that meant, I needed to get some bloody mud on them. I had to drive to Auckland to pick up a cot for the bubba anyway, and so I thought to myself, ‘if you’re going to drive 6 hours, why not drive 10 and get a mission out of it?Sunday September 10, 2023 -
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Sunday August 20, 2023It’s a rainy day in Auckland!
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Saturday August 19, 2023Yet again I promise it’s not a food blog even though all I do is post food. I’ll do an adventure soon but until then..
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Sunday August 13, 2023The dogs love all their new space
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Monday July 17, 2023Margot is such a derp
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Sunday July 9, 2023Rainy days lead to saaaad puppies. It tends to rain for months here in NZ and after the so-called summer we had I’m really looking forward to some nice days!
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Sunday June 25, 2023They love her already 💜
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Saturday June 17, 2023Good morning from our new house 💜
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Wednesday June 14, 2023Just a Jeep doing truck things 🛻
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Monday June 12, 2023More food pics, because I don’t do anything except eat and work!
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Sunday June 4, 2023Our impromptu trip to Wellington was lovely. I was really taken with it - seems like a great city and definitely different to anywhere else I’ve been in New Zealand. I’ll be back!
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Friday June 2, 2023I promise this isn’t a food blog, but I am doing some good eating the past few days 😄
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Friday June 2, 2023I definitely didn’t make a mis-steak ordering this bad boy for dinner 🥩
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Wednesday May 31, 2023Jumping on that Micro.blog trend, here’s where I’ve been lucky enough to visit.
Covid and proximity to places down here at the bottom of the world has slowed me down a bit but I’ve got so many more places I’d love to go!
- 🏴England (I used to live there in my previous life)
- 🇮🇹Italy (the beautiful Venice & the lovely Florence)
- 🇫🇷France
- 🇩🇪Germany (hi meine Brüder!)
- 🇪🇸Spain
- 🇺🇸US (amazing holiday in Alaska to see distant family)
- 🇨🇿Czech Republic
- 🇹🇳Tunisia
- 🇬🇷Greece
- 🏴Wales (climbed Yr Wyddfa)
- 🇦🇺Australia
- 🇳🇿New Zealand (endlessly grateful to call this place home)
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Monday May 29, 2023They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. In my case at least, they are 100% correct. This was one hell of a roast 🍽️
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Saturday May 27, 2023We bought a house 🫢🏡
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Wednesday May 24, 2023I am horribly sick. Listening to old episodes of Peep Show (an absolute classic which always makes me feel better) and eating soup and cheese sandwiches 🥫
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Easter Jeeping at the Centre of the North Island
This Easter break, a host of things all came together at once. I needed a day free of responsibilities, Jodi didn’t mind if I had a day free of responsibilities, and I found a place to get some mud on the tyres which didn’t involve an overnight stay halfway across the country. Victory. Journey to the Centre of the North Island Researching good places to take your 4WD off road, two places come up over and over again.Wednesday April 12, 2023 -
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Lake Tarawera and the hot springs
My family is visiting New Zealand for the first time, and one of the things I’ve been most excited to share with them is how much I love getting out on the boat. There’s a very specific type stillness that is my favourite sound and feeling in the world, when you can feel time slip over you and the world feels still. I’ve only found it in three places - in Venice 🇮🇹, at the top of a mountain, and in the middle of a lake.Wednesday February 22, 2023