
Christmas was a very busy time for these particular cyclopolitans. Pre-Christmas was the usual frenzy of Chrissy prep, but that was nothing to the post-Christmas activity. Boxing Day kicked off the big spend … purchasing the final items on our list: The camera, The phone, and The wardrobe. The camera A couple of months ago, […]

Last weekend we went to Leigh for three days to break in the new stove and cooking pots. We hired a car to get there and to battle Auckland’s nasty 16 lane highway monstrosities that lie between us and the countryside. This was a rare and fraught mission as our usual stomping ground is the relatively simple 6 […]

I have been really busy with work recently and have spent a fair bit of time in airports going backwards and forwards to Christchurch. Unfortunately, this tends to interfere with my daydreaming about cycling across lavender and tulip strewn idyllic landscapes and planning for the trip. I have however had some time to think about […]