Beer, burgers and black ice-cream

As the tenth Wellington on a Plate draws to a close, here are three things we enjoyed as part of … More

The grandeur of the view

It is horrible feeling under the weather, lacking in energy and preferring the sofa to anywhere else. Anyway, I walked … More

As those of you who have followed this blog for a while might know, we have had a few visiting … More

I have absolutely no idea where this week has gone. Here we are at Friday again with the weekend ahead. … More

This week’s challenge from Cee was tough – or rather, two of the questions were really tough and had me … More

One fun thing, at least for me, is that Guy Fawkes Day (ie 5th November) is celebrated here in New … More

The good weather on Saturday continued into Sunday, and we walked into town and then along the waterfront as far … More

I came up with the title for this post in the shower this morning, before I experienced my first earthquake … More

Our visiting cat has been rather agitated recently, not really being quite so settled, and constantly on alert. Clearly something … More

As you might guess from the title of this post, this has been a very mixed week of all sorts … More