Was there ever a time in your working life when you had just had enough? This is my story. The oil industry traditionally is one of boom and bust. One day you are a Chief Geophysicist working on prospects off West Africa for the World Bank, the next you are giving extra English lessons to […]
Rag Mama Rag hit the airwaves in 1969 as a track on their second album The Band. I liked the song and bought the album and subsequently Music from Big Pink released the year before. The music was identifiably rock but also had strong elements of blues and country. Coming after the technical expertise of […]
Long trip of 17 hours went by rather nicely after all and we both got a decent sleep too. One piece of luggage never arrived but they found it stuck in a chute somewhere eventually. Other than that JFK was efficient and the yellow cab driver helpful. We recovered pretty quickly and on the Saturday […]
I have a number of photos that I have used as desktops on various computers. Most of them hold some memory or have a background of some meaning for me. The quality of the photos however, is quite variable. In this occasional series I will describe some of those. We might sub-title this one “tranquility”.
Today I heard from Janne Ritskes that Tabitha Cambodia is closing down. Janne says the reasons are: “Covid has had a significant impact on Cambodia and on our projects as it has worldwide. The level of donations to Tabitha Cambodia have fallen significantly over the last two and a half years. Many staff have had […]
An overcast day with a little, thin drizzle. After a splendid breakfast at the Neighbourhood Cafe we set out for Lake Wairarapa. The granola was amazing. We followed the signs to Lake Ferry which turns out to be on Lake Onoke where it meets the Southern Ocean at Palliser Bay. We were watching a stick […]
Up at 5:45 for the Wellington ferry. Straight into the cabin and slept another 2 1/2 hours. Hania had a lunchtime appointment so I had a KFC probably the last for a decade. Honestly I couldn’t find anything else in downtown Upper Hutt. Over the Rimataka’s to Martinborough without incident unless you count the usual […]
End of the campervan trip and back to the little car. Then SH1 to Kaikoura. Not the most exciting trip but found time for cake. Kaikoura was hot and sunny and we sat in the sun drinking, not the best idea. Nice waterfront hotel. Booked into Picton Top Ten for tomorrow, then the ferry first […]
We left Geraldine in rain and continued north towards Christchurch. I wanted to see Lyttleton and it’s harbour so we drove through the tunnel and looked for a nice cafe. Sadly the town is not large vehicle friendly. However the harbour is impressive. We decided to go to the South side to a campsite and […]