Apologies again people,as ever my promises to be better at the blog have failed miserably..................Firstly i just want to acknowledge the death of a very dear friend of mine and Shanes,only sadly for a short time but he was a huge influence and incouragement to us in going on this trip...............
Simon my darling friend ,we have loved,laughed cried and giggled.I will miss you so much and remember you always.Aroha darling ,you will be missed hugely by your family and friends.Go well and look over us with a smile.RIP
Friday 20th -Sat 21st
so after a long noisy night in the carpark we headed over to Brighton beach and stayed the day and night on a grassy knoll by the side of the road which was quiet and lovely and peaceful and again Elvis could hop out of the van onto his own beachfront playpark........... the next morning we woke early at 10.30 LOL and sat chatting to a local guy with his dogs for a while who suggested that we head over to Taieri Mouth Beach camp which turned out to be another total GEM of a place run by Diane a 78 yr old Dunedianite whpo had owned the camp for 10 or so yrs ,its tiny and very quiet and the washing machine is so fucked you have to fill it by hand.Ha Ha so funny,but it was great fun and we loved the quiet beach where i found heaps of Paua shells which is unusual,cool:)
So after a mammoth wash and dry and 3 showers in 24hrs ha ah.......................
Sunday 22nd August
we headed off back to dunedin on sunday and hung out at the museum and got shane some new sunnies for $20 a bargain had been $95.Cool we headed of really later over to the otago penninsula ,via pak and save and the warehouse to get a new fire lighter as i was ready to impale ours up someones arse.(I think i may have failed to mention that on friday morning while parked at some giant teeth on the waterfront in dunedin-WTF................we were sprayed by boulders from some hoon at 9am and he broke our windscreen and so we had to wait till tuesday to get it fixed)
So we parked up out the back of Scott Hall in near portobello ready to head off Albatross spotting......
Monday 23rd August
So monday morning we were up early walked Elvis and headed off to see some Albatross-45 Dollars they wanted each,so we had a coffe and sat in the carpark like all the other locals until one flew overhead in the carpark,Cheeky buggers.we then headed down to the scenic reserve next to piolet bay and had an altercation with a furseal,bless they are so lazy and cute.we tiki-toured aroud and didnt manage to find anywhere for Elvis to go for a run so he was fed up bless him.later that evening we headed back and sat on the beach for an hour waiting for blue penguins but failed miserably bit cest la vie.Early to bead as we had to get the windscreen done tomorrow and 4hrs walking round Dunners with Elvis arrrrrgggggggh.
Tuesday 24thAugust
So up early to have windscreen done got there to be told they wouldnt start it till 1pm so we went off for a couple of hrs to the Otago Settlers Museum.Its so cool this place far better than the other museum but is currently under refurbishment and development.They had two cool exhibitions a 70's Rumpus room and you could ferret around looking at things that made me feel very old ,and an amazing exhibition of paintings and artwork about Dunedin War Brides whuich was heartwarming sad and beautifully clever and stunning.The weathert had also been totally stunning for last 2 day
We then went back to Smith and smith via the dogs breakfast where we spent an extortionate amount on 2 cushion for me and shane as our bums were numb.Any ways it turned out that due to rust when they took windscreen out the couldnt put new one back in as needed repair work ,as youy can imagine we were beside ourself loomiong around Dunners with dog in tow and nowhere to go!@#$%^&*( oh Shit ) anyway the manager Ian was amazing did the repair work for free and let us stay around the back of the store in the van overnight Yippee-we love dunedin people they are cool.
That evening we went to The Best Cafe on lower Stuart street which is the most authentic chippie greasy spoon caff i have been too in NZ made me homesick for Scunny so it did .Lovely food and bread and butter and vineger ont tableLOL.YUMMY
we then went to the rialto cinema and had a loom around dunners in the dark,it is a completely beautiful and majestic city i havew to say i love it We went to see Michael Caine in Harry Brown.That man is a Super Star and the movie is AMAZING go and see it immediately,particularly if you enjoyed Gran Torino.
So back to the van at 11.30 TO FIND THET eLVIS HAD DESTROYED BOTH OF OUR BRAND NEW CUSHIONS BEYOND NORMAL REPAIR @#$%^&*.
Wednesday 25th August
apreety quiet day spent out and about in the freezing cold Dunners morning ,and then with our swanky new windscreen we headed off to the Art Gallery and then out of dZunedin headed back North through Palmerston and up to Shag Point where we stayed the night by State Highway one in a lovely spot by the beach.Managed to find a book shop that exchanged some books for us as our trip count stands at about 24 books to date -awesome .no tv we love it.ZShane found a classic mini manual as well,little bugger.
Thursday 26th August
Started off the day in a relaxed manner with a lay in and a trip into Mouraki to go to Fleurs Place .An award winning Restaurant full of ecclectic bric-a -brac and fossicced relics from the surrounding area.The meal lived up to all expectations .It was a treat for Shanes birthday and somthing we had planned to do all along on our trip so i really enjoyed relaxing and chatting with Fleur who is expecting a visit from her friend Rick Stein in the next few weeks when he comes back to nZ.I has groper stuffed with oysters in a cheese sauce with potatoes and vegies and Shane had Lamb Shanks with mash and a gravey to behold.We then headed off to do a little tiki tour of thee surrounding area.Headed off to look at the whalers monument and Marae in Mouraki and to a tiny village called Kaik which is literally end of the road.
We then headed back down south and just a 2-3 min drive out of mouraki decided to go to trotters gorge for a look.
A fateful descision as it turned out.............
Trotters gorge was picturesque little reserve surrounded by huge cliffs ans dense bush,the sun was shining and heeding the notes aboutr flooding in wet weather we stopped for a cuppa and a chat with an elderly guy that turned up .All was well and shane headed off to the Long Drop while i returned back to the van with Elvis .and so the nightmare began........
Elvis was following me back roaming around and just as i approached the van we both heard 3-4 huge barks and welping ..............we were both shouting and calling the puppy but no sign of him .After 2hrs it was getting dark and shane went to try and get help.Elvis has never been Bush-ever before and as it got pitch black still not a sound,By this time you can imagine we both really thought he was dead,caught by a wild pig or a trap or somthing.No cellphone reception and wild rocky treeain made it impossible to search.....................we were beside ourselves.Shane was amazing and i was a total wreck as you can all imagine.
With no tea and in sub zero temps we went to bed at ten thirty to start search at daylight.We had heard him wimpering at abot 9.30 bush bashing and climbing steep rocks to no availby this time i was verging on griefstricken asd was Shaneat 1.05 we were awoken to loud barking and crying up on the ridge but no ammount of called would bring our baby back.
shane had to jumpstart the van and headed to the only farm at the start of the gorge and woke the guy there asking desperately for help.We had rung DOC earlier but they cant do anything if its an animal.
Steve returned with shane as i had stayed to make sure Elvis knew we hadnt left him.It was the most terrible 10mins of my life i have to say.Pitch black ,Freezing cold and damp and Elvis wailing and crying .
Steve knew the area well and at 4oclock ion the pitch black with our torches failing Steve went upo a second toime and managed to find Elvis .He brought him down off a rockface where he had got lost and stuck ,but then he stopped following Steve and shot off terrified and cold in the dark.with nothing left to do till daylight at 4.15am we went back to bed.to start searchind at daybreak.Just as we turned off the lights we heard the familiar rattle of a collar and a whimper very close by and as Shane opened the door our little boy leapt into the van.HE WAS HOME.And not a scratch on him.We were both sobbing with delight.............OMG what a total and utter Nightmare.With the puppy safely tucked up in bed between us we finally slept at 5am.
Friday 27th August
another glorious day we woke at 7am as Steve came back to continue the search.He was completely amazing and we cant repay his kindness,Bless him.We headed over to Herbert just north of Mouraki to the most stunning forest camp and that is where i am writing the blog now.The van was a total mud filled disaster and me and shane desperately needed showert ans sleep.The camp is beautiful and after 6 loads of washing and a huge clearout and spring clean we finally settled.Elvis roamed around being his own disobedient serlf.Our plan for the day had originally been to go to the races at Oamaru but we weere exhausted so we plugged in to recharge our gear and re-group and watched a DVD and cooked a meal and turned the kitchen into a chinese laundry,I am sitting here in the van watching both my boys cuddled up together under the duvet like loves young dream and life is sweet again.We had a beer to remember our friend Simon who was buried today and then we slept.
Saturday 28th August.
Its raining !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yuck and with a serious amount of still very wet clothes and towels we are gonna finally go and explore Oamaru .We sailed through there the other day and didnt get to see it.Our plans for the next week are to go have a look around central otago following the rail trail,not on bikes its too wet and cold and Elvis is hopeless on a push bike LOL.Its 9;15 and i need a coffee and brekkie.The people here have been lovely and there dpog and elvis are now friends.and they have two really cute pigs that we fed lastnight.CUTE.Ok enough of our ramblings.Catch you later
Friday, August 27, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
OMG sorry we have been awful in our blogging !!!!!!!!!!!!!Well 2 weeks what have wew done.
Spent 3 days on Banks Penninsular which i have to say was a highlight for us.We went to Akoroa and did a half price tour of the harbour-Choice.Saw Hector Dolphins ans a really rare Hoi Hoi penguin and seals ans penguins,was so cool.
We also visited Okains Bay and the maori and collonial museum there run by thwe most gorgeous girl called Stacy.Its a tiny little settlement wit pop of about 100 people BEAUTIFUL.Has one of the best Tiki collections i have seen.We spent all 3 nights freedom camping and stayed one night on Summit road-really lovely
we hung out in Lyttleton for a day and went to timeball station and then on to Brighton again for a night to plug in and recuperate.The van battery died when we stayed out in the wop wop and we had an extremely scarey hour trying to work out what to do .Shane was a star as usual.
Headed out of Christchurch finally on Friday 13th and headed to Methven to see the snow and Mt Hutt.Stayed on a a POP stop with some lovely people called Ivan and Dulcie who were number 75 at NZMCA in the 1st year 1956.absolutely lovely people.The POP was there old truck yards out back and a dodgy old plug socket-very illegal but bloody funny.we relaxed in the rain all weekend and woke up on monday morning 16th HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANE 31 today.
we headed into Methven and had brekkie as a treat at Primo and secundo which is a funky cafe in centre of town and has all retro things everywhre ,you can buy anything including the plates u eat off and the furniture,very cool and funky.We stoppewd off in Ashburton to go to Bullrush chocolates where Shane Chose "Dark Ginga" and won a makeover with his Golden Ticket in a willie wonka style fashion.The ladies in Ashburton Amcal were scared when faced with shane demandind his free prize.They managed to hussle him out of the door with a few prizes,LOL.
We headed out to Lake Tekapo which as ever was stunning we went offroad and stayed at Lake Alexandria in a tiny fishing camp and woke up in the morning with amazing alpine views .We dashed over to the hot pools and then in the afternoon headed over to Timeru .On the way over we stopped at geraldine and farlie ,both are cute little places with the most amazing car and industrial equiptment museums.Shane was of course in his element,that must be the 67th he has visited since we started.Thankyou to Annie who came all the way from home to open up the cart museum and started up one of the engines for a delighted Shane.Lovely place,we tried to catch up with Mary Roberts but due to Technical glitches and the need to move on we didnt manage too ,bit upset about that and hopefully we may get back up there before the trip is over.
Loved caroline Bay and the docks area of Timeru.its a cool little place good museum and Art Gallery.Met some lovely people from invercargill at the car park by the Docks who gave us there address and want us to drop by when we are in town.Wednesday it was over to Waimate to a POP stop over there,Waimate is actually really quite a big place famous for its wallabies and a white horse .Wasnt even mentioned in my Rough Guide or Lonely Planets.Found a gem of a cafe there run by 3 Malaysian brothers called ArtRio,one is a photograper and coffee roaster ,one a chef and biologist and the 3rd is Maitre' d.The coffee was amazing and the place was so friendly and i even got a beautiful Beagle puppy artfully on my coffee,amazing.We scooted around town and took photos and visited the Free Wallabies in the public gardens that noone tells you abou,then we headed off abruptly on thursday pm after a phonecall from Shanes friend Mike who was in Dunedin for the night,we met up with hoim and spent the evening in a scungy student bar The Cook to get an authentic feel for nightlife in thew city.we all had a bit to drink!@#%^ and ended up staying in the van in a carPark in centralDunedin being woken every 5 mins by cars and road sweepewrs.
Next day after a failed attempt at the Museum we headed out to Brighton beach for a night and lasdt night 21st we have stayed at Taieri Gorge Campsite.$17 dollars plug-in for the night the sdun is shining this morning ,sky is clear and blue and i am now uptodate on the blog and a weight has been lifted from me...How sad the things you worry about when you haver no jpob ,LOL.
Elvis is Chomping at the bit to get out on the Beach and we are headed back into Dunners .we have to stay until Tuesday as some total Wankbreath sprayed us with pebbles on friday am and brokre the windscreen,thankgod we are not in Catlins . for a week or 2 and we will head to Catlins and Otago Penninsula.
Love to you all `
Spent 3 days on Banks Penninsular which i have to say was a highlight for us.We went to Akoroa and did a half price tour of the harbour-Choice.Saw Hector Dolphins ans a really rare Hoi Hoi penguin and seals ans penguins,was so cool.
We also visited Okains Bay and the maori and collonial museum there run by thwe most gorgeous girl called Stacy.Its a tiny little settlement wit pop of about 100 people BEAUTIFUL.Has one of the best Tiki collections i have seen.We spent all 3 nights freedom camping and stayed one night on Summit road-really lovely
we hung out in Lyttleton for a day and went to timeball station and then on to Brighton again for a night to plug in and recuperate.The van battery died when we stayed out in the wop wop and we had an extremely scarey hour trying to work out what to do .Shane was a star as usual.
Headed out of Christchurch finally on Friday 13th and headed to Methven to see the snow and Mt Hutt.Stayed on a a POP stop with some lovely people called Ivan and Dulcie who were number 75 at NZMCA in the 1st year 1956.absolutely lovely people.The POP was there old truck yards out back and a dodgy old plug socket-very illegal but bloody funny.we relaxed in the rain all weekend and woke up on monday morning 16th HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHANE 31 today.
we headed into Methven and had brekkie as a treat at Primo and secundo which is a funky cafe in centre of town and has all retro things everywhre ,you can buy anything including the plates u eat off and the furniture,very cool and funky.We stoppewd off in Ashburton to go to Bullrush chocolates where Shane Chose "Dark Ginga" and won a makeover with his Golden Ticket in a willie wonka style fashion.The ladies in Ashburton Amcal were scared when faced with shane demandind his free prize.They managed to hussle him out of the door with a few prizes,LOL.
We headed out to Lake Tekapo which as ever was stunning we went offroad and stayed at Lake Alexandria in a tiny fishing camp and woke up in the morning with amazing alpine views .We dashed over to the hot pools and then in the afternoon headed over to Timeru .On the way over we stopped at geraldine and farlie ,both are cute little places with the most amazing car and industrial equiptment museums.Shane was of course in his element,that must be the 67th he has visited since we started.Thankyou to Annie who came all the way from home to open up the cart museum and started up one of the engines for a delighted Shane.Lovely place,we tried to catch up with Mary Roberts but due to Technical glitches and the need to move on we didnt manage too ,bit upset about that and hopefully we may get back up there before the trip is over.
Loved caroline Bay and the docks area of Timeru.its a cool little place good museum and Art Gallery.Met some lovely people from invercargill at the car park by the Docks who gave us there address and want us to drop by when we are in town.Wednesday it was over to Waimate to a POP stop over there,Waimate is actually really quite a big place famous for its wallabies and a white horse .Wasnt even mentioned in my Rough Guide or Lonely Planets.Found a gem of a cafe there run by 3 Malaysian brothers called ArtRio,one is a photograper and coffee roaster ,one a chef and biologist and the 3rd is Maitre' d.The coffee was amazing and the place was so friendly and i even got a beautiful Beagle puppy artfully on my coffee,amazing.We scooted around town and took photos and visited the Free Wallabies in the public gardens that noone tells you abou,then we headed off abruptly on thursday pm after a phonecall from Shanes friend Mike who was in Dunedin for the night,we met up with hoim and spent the evening in a scungy student bar The Cook to get an authentic feel for nightlife in thew city.we all had a bit to drink!@#%^ and ended up staying in the van in a carPark in centralDunedin being woken every 5 mins by cars and road sweepewrs.
Next day after a failed attempt at the Museum we headed out to Brighton beach for a night and lasdt night 21st we have stayed at Taieri Gorge Campsite.$17 dollars plug-in for the night the sdun is shining this morning ,sky is clear and blue and i am now uptodate on the blog and a weight has been lifted from me...How sad the things you worry about when you haver no jpob ,LOL.
Elvis is Chomping at the bit to get out on the Beach and we are headed back into Dunners .we have to stay until Tuesday as some total Wankbreath sprayed us with pebbles on friday am and brokre the windscreen,thankgod we are not in Catlins . for a week or 2 and we will head to Catlins and Otago Penninsula.
Love to you all `
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Well hello there you lot......................Sorry for the delay in posts but we have been preety busy of late.
Left nelson just over a week ago and spent our 1st night in Murchison at the POP stop there(Park over Property)Spent the night there and then headed over to hamner Springs the next day through Lewis pass.snow covered Peaks everywhere,we stopped off at the start of St James walkway and let Elvis out for a runaround and a toilet stop.LONG DROP HELL .Think this is the toilet that people use after 5 days on the track-PHEW not nice,LOL.Headed over to hamner and spent a couple of nights at the POP stop just out of the township.Lovely spacious place and again free,you hjust have to time your toilet breaks carefully :)
Spent a couple of days relaxing and hanging out at the hotpoolswhich it turns out are not so hot in a force 10 gale.I was like a bloody prune by the time i plucked up courage to get out in the wind and rain.
Headed over to Christchurch on monday 2nd and stopped off to surprise Jane Newman and her hubby Craig who recently moved there.She was a tad shocked to say the least,It was truely lovely to catch up with her and Craig who we had not met before .There daughter Laura is both beautiful and intelligent and captivated us wuith her charm and wit,and Finn is still very little and super cute.Craig had been hunting the weekend before so we were treated to his venison and wild pork sausages for tea,YUM.Thankyou so much for your hospitality and Driveway,WE LOVE YOU.
Tuesday 3rd August
Another allustreious day in the life of a devoted Pixies fan,we headed into christchurch to find our bearings for the long awaited return of the Pixies to NZ.The gang as ever were completely amazing.Only 4000 tickets sold so the gig was much more intimate than Auckland.They thrilled us with all the doolittle classdics and the audience werte more than enthusiastic and friendly.We had an absolute ball .Kim Deal was so cute,she kept thanking us all for coming 80 hrs to see them,god love her most people had jumped on the number 60 bus to get there,lol.Elvis delighted the throngs outside .i think he thought they had all gathered to pat and fuss over him and he duly was entertaining and supercute and well behaved.Well worth the 80$ each metallica can sod off i am afraid unless we win tickets.Drove around for a while and found a great spot in St Albans at the park right next to some toilets-Day 5 freedom camping--Tight arsed Bastards eh??????????
Wed 4Th August.
Spent a great day looming around Christchurch city centre ,i sp[ent 2hrs at thew art Gallery which is not only beautiful but has so awesome collections.There was a particular exhibition of ophotographs by a woman called Tanis Simons an american woman whos photos were really thought provoking ,provocartive and some humerous and educational.headed to the canterbury Museum and accidentally locked the Keys in thew van,Whoops,loland when Shane managed to break in (Easily)
Left nelson just over a week ago and spent our 1st night in Murchison at the POP stop there(Park over Property)Spent the night there and then headed over to hamner Springs the next day through Lewis pass.snow covered Peaks everywhere,we stopped off at the start of St James walkway and let Elvis out for a runaround and a toilet stop.LONG DROP HELL .Think this is the toilet that people use after 5 days on the track-PHEW not nice,LOL.Headed over to hamner and spent a couple of nights at the POP stop just out of the township.Lovely spacious place and again free,you hjust have to time your toilet breaks carefully :)
Spent a couple of days relaxing and hanging out at the hotpoolswhich it turns out are not so hot in a force 10 gale.I was like a bloody prune by the time i plucked up courage to get out in the wind and rain.
Headed over to Christchurch on monday 2nd and stopped off to surprise Jane Newman and her hubby Craig who recently moved there.She was a tad shocked to say the least,It was truely lovely to catch up with her and Craig who we had not met before .There daughter Laura is both beautiful and intelligent and captivated us wuith her charm and wit,and Finn is still very little and super cute.Craig had been hunting the weekend before so we were treated to his venison and wild pork sausages for tea,YUM.Thankyou so much for your hospitality and Driveway,WE LOVE YOU.
Tuesday 3rd August
Another allustreious day in the life of a devoted Pixies fan,we headed into christchurch to find our bearings for the long awaited return of the Pixies to NZ.The gang as ever were completely amazing.Only 4000 tickets sold so the gig was much more intimate than Auckland.They thrilled us with all the doolittle classdics and the audience werte more than enthusiastic and friendly.We had an absolute ball .Kim Deal was so cute,she kept thanking us all for coming 80 hrs to see them,god love her most people had jumped on the number 60 bus to get there,lol.Elvis delighted the throngs outside .i think he thought they had all gathered to pat and fuss over him and he duly was entertaining and supercute and well behaved.Well worth the 80$ each metallica can sod off i am afraid unless we win tickets.Drove around for a while and found a great spot in St Albans at the park right next to some toilets-Day 5 freedom camping--Tight arsed Bastards eh??????????
Wed 4Th August.
Spent a great day looming around Christchurch city centre ,i sp[ent 2hrs at thew art Gallery which is not only beautiful but has so awesome collections.There was a particular exhibition of ophotographs by a woman called Tanis Simons an american woman whos photos were really thought provoking ,provocartive and some humerous and educational.headed to the canterbury Museum and accidentally locked the Keys in thew van,Whoops,loland when Shane managed to break in (Easily)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
on the road to Karamea
Hi all!!
sorry have been a little slack again...Have been decorating Vals toilet in sheet music.took me 2 days but it looks absolutely stunning i have to say and cost about 20 Dollars all up FANTASTIC.
We headed up to Karamea last week on thursday for 4 nights and had the most amazing time stayed in Mokohina and Karamea and Gentle Annie and thee DOC camp at the start odf the Heaphy track and myself and Val did a 2hr walk along the start of the Heaphy which was full on but beautiful through all the Nikau palms.
I will eloborate more in my next offering about our adventures and elvises misdomenours ,LOL
Today we finally leave out new temporary home in Nelson.we have been absolutely welcomesd with open arms by Valerie and she noww has a new home to show for it LOL.Its been the most time we have ever spent together in the 7yrs we have known each other and its been divine,we have enjoyed every single moment of it,but our great adventure has got to continue,we head off to murchison for the night and then for a few days to hamner Springs before getting to Christchurch on Tu=esday for my date with THE PIXIEs OMG i cant wait La La La .
mis ypou all my friends and family but excited about the next chapter in our journey,as is Elvis and the endless new beaches and possibilities to poop on new pastures,including his little jaunt into the middle of a full on Rugby game last week to take a dump mid game in the middle of the pitch...........................................................
OMG he is not my dog in thosre moments,ans we had no clean up bags ,LOL
Take care ,LOVE FROM SHane too
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me you and Elvis too
sorry have been a little slack again...Have been decorating Vals toilet in sheet music.took me 2 days but it looks absolutely stunning i have to say and cost about 20 Dollars all up FANTASTIC.
We headed up to Karamea last week on thursday for 4 nights and had the most amazing time stayed in Mokohina and Karamea and Gentle Annie and thee DOC camp at the start odf the Heaphy track and myself and Val did a 2hr walk along the start of the Heaphy which was full on but beautiful through all the Nikau palms.
I will eloborate more in my next offering about our adventures and elvises misdomenours ,LOL
Today we finally leave out new temporary home in Nelson.we have been absolutely welcomesd with open arms by Valerie and she noww has a new home to show for it LOL.Its been the most time we have ever spent together in the 7yrs we have known each other and its been divine,we have enjoyed every single moment of it,but our great adventure has got to continue,we head off to murchison for the night and then for a few days to hamner Springs before getting to Christchurch on Tu=esday for my date with THE PIXIEs OMG i cant wait La La La .
mis ypou all my friends and family but excited about the next chapter in our journey,as is Elvis and the endless new beaches and possibilities to poop on new pastures,including his little jaunt into the middle of a full on Rugby game last week to take a dump mid game in the middle of the pitch...........................................................
OMG he is not my dog in thosre moments,ans we had no clean up bags ,LOL
Take care ,LOVE FROM SHane too
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
me you and Elvis too
Friday, July 16, 2010
its all over on the farm......................................
Hello you guys,well our time on the farm is over.we had the most amazing time looking after the Sheep and dogs and cats and Chooks.We were really sad to leave last night but we are moving on to pastures new.It was hard to leave Whitebait and Todd they were just the most beautiful animals.Elvis didnt know what had hit him last night when he hads tro put his lead on.he is looking very trim and handsome even if i do say so myself.he has spent virtually the whoole day at vals house sleeping infront of the fire.he finally had to be forced to get up at 11.30 to go pee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Hes his dads dog,lol.
we were sent off with some money and a dozen eggs ands a huge piece of venison,yum.Just gotta work out what to do with it now.I caught and crumbed my own fish today.What am i like :)We are gonna be back at Vals in Nelson for about a week ,doing some decorating and DIY and we are planning to head over to Karamea .Have heard its really stunningly beautiful over there so will take val away again for a few days break.Shane has sorted out the batteries in the van bless him ,hes such a love.
Not long now until we go see the PIXIEs again in Christchurch.we are also contemplating Metallica,but $179 Bucks thats fucked up.........catch ya laters
we were sent off with some money and a dozen eggs ands a huge piece of venison,yum.Just gotta work out what to do with it now.I caught and crumbed my own fish today.What am i like :)We are gonna be back at Vals in Nelson for about a week ,doing some decorating and DIY and we are planning to head over to Karamea .Have heard its really stunningly beautiful over there so will take val away again for a few days break.Shane has sorted out the batteries in the van bless him ,hes such a love.
Not long now until we go see the PIXIEs again in Christchurch.we are also contemplating Metallica,but $179 Bucks thats fucked up.........catch ya laters
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Sheep Sheep and more Sheep
Hello again.Its Friday and i am sitting here in the beautiful ,stunning sunshine on a farm in Havelock.We have 2 dogs,Chloe a foxy terrier and Todd a 9yr old Sheepdog.they are both very cute and well trained.They make Elvis look like a juvenile delinquent.He is absolutely beside himself being aloud to roam relatively free in the creek and amongst the sheep and cows and Chooks.We have24 Ewes who are in Lamb ,12 hens and a rooster and 9 mutton sheep who i was informed will end up as dog tucka......................oh yeah and a Ram.Hes totally cute and friendly BUT dont turn ya back.
The family went away yesterday morning and it feels like a constant round of feeding animals.I missed out the 2 cats.Whitebait who is 4 and Deaf ,and Jersey who only makes an apperance when necessary to be fed.
We are keeping both the fires in the house burning.The temp was down to -2 this morning with frost covering everything.Bloody freezing.I wont be going to feed the Chooks again in my PJs tomorrow.Nearly froze ma tits off,LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is so nice to be doing somthing,have been kept busy exercising the dogs,washing and finally started a bit of scrapbooking..Oh well its 4.30 and i have to go get more wood and put the Chooks to bed for the night in there palacial Hen House.the Rooster will get a boot up his arse if he pisses around again tonight,The girls were good.Ok off we go .have to get stuff done because when the light fades it PITCH BLACK and i mean Pitch Black.
The family went away yesterday morning and it feels like a constant round of feeding animals.I missed out the 2 cats.Whitebait who is 4 and Deaf ,and Jersey who only makes an apperance when necessary to be fed.
We are keeping both the fires in the house burning.The temp was down to -2 this morning with frost covering everything.Bloody freezing.I wont be going to feed the Chooks again in my PJs tomorrow.Nearly froze ma tits off,LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is so nice to be doing somthing,have been kept busy exercising the dogs,washing and finally started a bit of scrapbooking..Oh well its 4.30 and i have to go get more wood and put the Chooks to bed for the night in there palacial Hen House.the Rooster will get a boot up his arse if he pisses around again tonight,The girls were good.Ok off we go .have to get stuff done because when the light fades it PITCH BLACK and i mean Pitch Black.
Monday, July 5, 2010
that was a week that was
Well hello again my friends,Shane is parading around Vals house looking like Hugh Heffner in a robe.LOL!@#$%^&*
We have had a full on week,Sleep[ing abnd generally relaxing.Spent a fwew days repairing bits of the van that were dropping off and then we headed over to Golden Bay for a couple of days,Not nearly long enough i have to say.We went to Kaiteriteri and had a huge walk down to Split Apple Rock,which was just beautiful.Then headed overThe Hill to Takaka,and had the most beautiful meal at Wholesome Cafe,then headed over to Pohara and stayed the night there.Elvis in his element waking up to a run on the beach....bliss
Went for a couple of beers at the Penguin pub and got chatting with a girl hfrom Leicester,weird!!!!
Next day we headed to PuPu Springs which has the clearest waters in Australasia and then to The Mussell Inn up near Collingwood,a really funky cool old tavern which holds live music events and has composting toilets,lol
then Val had decided that she wanted to see the Troglodite stone in Cobb Valley.We headed off up into the hills west of lower Takaka and after a 30km drive we hit a fallen tree across the troad which had fallen only mins before our arrival.Spent an hour watching Fulton Hogan trying sucessfully toi move it .....Vwery exciting but scupperred our adventure as we had to be back in Nelson to see One Flew over the Cuckoos nest which was awesome.The weathwer is still lush.Off to the beach to walk elvis and then we are off farm sitting tomorrow
We have had a full on week,Sleep[ing abnd generally relaxing.Spent a fwew days repairing bits of the van that were dropping off and then we headed over to Golden Bay for a couple of days,Not nearly long enough i have to say.We went to Kaiteriteri and had a huge walk down to Split Apple Rock,which was just beautiful.Then headed overThe Hill to Takaka,and had the most beautiful meal at Wholesome Cafe,then headed over to Pohara and stayed the night there.Elvis in his element waking up to a run on the beach....bliss
Went for a couple of beers at the Penguin pub and got chatting with a girl hfrom Leicester,weird!!!!
Next day we headed to PuPu Springs which has the clearest waters in Australasia and then to The Mussell Inn up near Collingwood,a really funky cool old tavern which holds live music events and has composting toilets,lol
then Val had decided that she wanted to see the Troglodite stone in Cobb Valley.We headed off up into the hills west of lower Takaka and after a 30km drive we hit a fallen tree across the troad which had fallen only mins before our arrival.Spent an hour watching Fulton Hogan trying sucessfully toi move it .....Vwery exciting but scupperred our adventure as we had to be back in Nelson to see One Flew over the Cuckoos nest which was awesome.The weathwer is still lush.Off to the beach to walk elvis and then we are off farm sitting tomorrow
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