South Again – Day 1
Got almost everything ready yesterday so breakfast and some last items and we were on our way to the South Island again. We decided to drive the little car down to Christchurch this time and pick up the van from…
From Punched Cards to eLearning
This post is edited from a piece submitted for a course on the internet, probably Coursera. My educational background was maths and science-based and at school I developed a fascination with Physical Geography and later Geology. When I graduated in…
Quick Getaway Time
We are out of Level 3 so nearly back to normal. 89% vaccinated in Waikato and just a few restrictions like masks in public places indoors, social distancing and scanning in. We both have our vaccine passes as well. Our…
Week 2 of Lockdown 2
Well, once again, the strategy seems to be working with case numbers declining now from a high point of 80 per day. We survive, Ana has morning classes via zoom and entertains us in the afternoon. Lots of people taking…
Week 1 of lockdown 2
Here we are again in week 1 with a few hundred cases of Covid 19 – more than we had in lockdown 1 so delta shows its teeth. However, looks like we are not having exponential growth at this point.…
South (no, North) Day 17
On our way at 06:30 AM. Roads are icy (its -4C outside) so slow going over the passes. Ferry called to ask why we need to travel during lockdown (as 72 hour grace period has expired). We explain and are…
South Day 16
The day starts cold and damp, raining again but clearing later, they say. Time for a bit of house-keeping. We are in limbo still and won t know if we can travel tomorrow until later today. So far no cases…
South Day 15
Second lockdown day in Hanmer Springs. We went for a long walk in the Dog Stream Reserve just behind the motor camp. A pleasant wooded area. We found all these little houses in the trees. A quiet afternoon, weather remains…
South day 14
Getting used to our new bubble. Today we had our own personal toilet and shower allocated so that’ s nice. This Top Ten camp is really quite luxurious, the showers are clean and modern with undefloor heating, hair dryers and…
South day 13
We had a bad night, wind so strong the van was shaking and felt like it was drifting so after trying to sleep through the gale we decided to move it at about 00:30 AM. That was better but still…