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…Birds
12/13 January 2025 I managed to get my blog up to date by about 9.50, which was when my laptop’s battery was running out, so I went back to the room and got ready. I got dressed in: And put … Continue reading
Bikes and…
12 January 2025 We both slept in this morning. I did awake during the night because the radiator between us was “pinging”. Pen would snore, and it would ping in response. I felt it a couple of times to see … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, biking, chain, cycling, gravel, kally, Scott, south-island, stewart-island, tomtit, tomtit, travel
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Bird Watching
11 January 2025 I got up to go to the toilet at 6.30 this morning, and thought I’d be egalitarian and use the unisex loos. The first one the last man using it had left the seat up. The second … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, birds, golden-bay, kaka, miro, miro, nature, New Zealand, rata, rimu, saddleback, tieke, titipounamu, totara, travel, tui, ulva-island, weka
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South of the South Island
10 January 2025 Can’t be late tonight as we’ve got to be on the road early tomorrow. This morning’s breakfast was porridge, made from my sachet by our hostess as they had a commercial kitchen and had to be careful … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, bluff, food, New Zealand, oban, stewart-island, travel
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The South of the South Island
9 January 2025 Firstly, Pen wants me to tell you that she may sleep longer than me in the morning, (only because I’m used to waking up for a 6.30 rising for work), but that she’s frequently still fighting and … Continue reading
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Blobbing and Blogging
8 January 2025 I woke up a little later than usual this morning, and blogged whilst Pen continued to sleep. When she did awake, we decided to have a lazy, no commitments day. Which seems a waste when you’re in … Continue reading
Southward Bound
7 January 2025 Last night, we photographed the buildings on the east side of Thames (THAMES!) Street, this morning I, put my jacket on over my t-shirt/PJ top, put my slacks on, and went out at 5.55am and photographed the … Continue reading
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Tagged cobb-co, dunedin, hotel, oamaru, travel, whitestone-buildings
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Halfway throu… Penguins!
6 January 2025 Okay, now that I’m actually writing this on the 7th, I’ve got to remember what we did on the 6th… Ah, yes. It was a good evening. You may remember that we’d bought some chocolates whilst in … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, christchurch, New Zealand, oamaru, penguins, south-island, travel, whitestone-buildings
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Doing the Coast to Coast in Style
5 January 2025 Sorry, this is so late. I had 888 photos and video to go through, (and I still haven’t checked them all), which is why it’s taken me so long to update. We’ve been doing, not writing! According … Continue reading
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Tagged arthurs-pass, blog, christchurch, greymouth, midland-line, southern-rata, train, trains, tranzalpine, travel, tunnel, viaduct
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Still in confinement
4 January 2025 Okay. Having got up to date with my blog, now I’ve got to try to stay up to date. Wish me luck everyone. This morning, I had to go to the toilet about 6.30. Does everyone remember … Continue reading
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Tagged christ-church-cathedral, jailhouse-accomodation, laundry, toilet, tram, travel
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