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Noises Off Up the Old Vic

2011-12-20T10:58:00.002+13:00

Noises off at the Old Vic with Celia Imrie and others I recognised but I'm crap with names...

Had a lovely night of laughing and smiling and seeing them all up close coz I got stalls B! Lots of wrinkles and veins, and real energy, fantastic. And it wasn't even that expensive, mmmm, my kinda night out! haha. Celia was fantastic & gorgeous, and the rest very good too.

Comedy of Errors, with Lenny Henry

2011-11-28T12:17:00.003+13:00

And just a few days before, I went to the National Theatre on the southbank to see a preview of the Comedy of Errors, with Lenny Henry and others. I thought actually that his lost twin brother's sister-in-law stole the show, she was very funny. Lenny was impressive, as were nearly all the cast. I was a little lost at the beginning, with the shakespeanian english, it took me a while to tune in, and I was tired!! not used to working again yet, you see.

Surprising how a play from how long ago? 425 years ago? Still funny and possible in a contemporary setting, still familiar. Great evening, I must do more of this, its been a while.

End of the Rainbow, with Tracie Bennett

2011-11-28T12:13:00.002+13:00

Ole! Now this was camp, well, very gay, and what else would you expect from a show about the last period of Judy's life. Well, I didn't expect such an amazing performance, such an amazing voice. I really do know what they mean now when they say she was channeling Garland. Wonderful evening at Richmond Theatre, which is small and very beautiful. Funny, touching, funnier, sad... emotional. Amazing :)

OMG its nearly december

2011-11-28T12:07:00.002+13:00

Can't believe I've left it nearly frickin 6 months without updating me online diary/journal/whatever, I'm thinking of this as that from now on, kinda nice to look back and see the things i enjoyed and stuff, you know. I'm a bit soppy like that.

So, June to now... Berlin, lovely as usual, Mykonos with friends, lovely as ever, really lovely. Spain many times, how I miss spain as soon as I leave.. and always just love being there. Maybe I'll move back sometime. Had a fab trip down to Cornwall, and a few more down the south coast.

Now back in London, and feeling a bit settled. well, for now. which is very nice. Been seeing old friends,and making a few new ones. Lots of cultural stuff too but not enough swimming... well, I don't much like the pools here. Nothing like those in Oz, or spain really.

Nowt much else to say.. other than I'm happay.. haha

Swimming about Montreal

2011-06-14T03:39:00.003+12:00

Pool at the Biosphere. The F1 was going on next door but it really doesn't interest me

Pool at the Olympic Stadium. The place was quite run down in parts, but the pool itself gorgeous and I had the lane to myself! woohoo.

Ole ole. Now in Niagara but have really enjoyed the last 4 days in Montreal. A beautiful city much in the way Berlin is beautiful; and I found 2 wonderful pools to exercise in. Also did lots of museum stuff and travelling around on the decent metro system. Plus, I can now find due north and south with the stars, thanks to the planetarium! woohooo!

Singapore Pool woohoo

2011-05-29T02:27:00.003+12:00

just a quick one to add to me pool collection. I found this gorgeous, huge, clean and cheap public pool in Singapore; what a relief from the heat. woohoo.

March is Pool Month oh yeah

2011-03-30T20:50:00.004+13:00

Melbourne Aquatic

Andrew Boy Charlton, Sydney

Waikato Uni Summer Pool, Hamilton. NZ

Fitzoy Pool, Melbourne

well, it was... had an unsually large selection of lovelies to enjoy so I did Mmmm.... bit swimmer nerdy aye, but they make me happy! woohoo

Best of Central American flash City Tour

2011-03-02T12:55:00.009+13:00

Downtown Belize City, a bit of a shithole as my uncle would say, but it is.. shame, but the result of hurricanes and lack of investment..

Dusk on the Lake near Tikal, Stayed in a wonderfully odd and basic hostel in the hills...
Where we had localled horse killed Constrictor for us tea! blimey.. a bit like very rubbery overcooked Monkfish. Quite tasty though. View over Tikal city at dusk.. and we kinda got lost on the way out, it got completely dark, as it does in the jungle.. and we got quite scared!! but it was fun. There're big cats in this places!! arrrgh!!!!

Central old town Guatamala City. Only really had time to walk about the area, I'm sure it had much more sights but it was one night only... heyhoo... The country look beautiful and I gotta see more..but the city, like most of these countries.. are a bit, mmm, better avoided maybe, not the beauty spot! Still, I love seeing people and how they live their lives. Certainly saw some of that.

Dusk over San Salvador (El Salvador). Had a great time here. Two days. Met some nice people and saw some of the town day and night. Really liked the place and wanna go back, we'll see...

A view over the garden of the modern art museum in San Salvador.

A chicken bus near the Honduras / Nicaragua border... Honduras looked very poor. Was goin to the capital Tegucigalpa but was quite a diversion and didn't have time.. so just saw people and countryside, which was beautiful, mostly unspoilt and basic.

Managua, Capital of Nicaragua. I arrived here late at night and was immediately pissed off with everyone telling me how dangeous it was and not to walk in the streets, get a cab everywhere.. :( well, i listened to them in the end and got a cab the 5 blocks from the bus terminal to a hostal. I could see it was a bit dodgy in the morning, but still, shame. Quite a beautiful city in parts, also suffering from lack of investment, corruption and earthquakes. Still, beautiful from certain angles and worth a visit. The countryside was lovely and lush.

A view from the central lake crater over the city to the bay. My funny taxi driver behind :)

Met this gorgeous woman, Mary, in the saturday morning market downtown San Jose, Costa Rica. Turns out she came here 50 years ago, met a german, married him, had two boys and never went back to Tunbridge.

San Jose was fun, and the countryside on Costa Rica is stunning, still, not enough time.. but saw many things I liked. Moreover, its a country you feel very safe in, and the people are friendly.

View from the peninsular to Panama City.

Downtown Panama City, with Leo, a wonderful fella I met and... well, if I were living in this city, I think he would have been my love, but que sera sera, or maybe hubiera sido... heyhoo.. better to have loved, aye?

Chillin' with the New Jersey Hood, or rather sammy pops and her breathren

2011-01-09T05:05:00.007+13:00

New Year and 10 lovely days with Sammy in New Jersey, its been too long since the last visit and it won't be long before the next; so beautiful to spend time again, just like we used to looking back in Ongar, haha, ah :)

Had a fabulous day downtown, skating in central park, lunch, coffee, walkin about, the flicks mmmm woohoo, a perfect day.

Came across this bird of prey, ripping away, in the Central Park, don't know what it is, American Eagle?

quite cold though.. but i love the snow...

This is her lovely palace, blimey everything really is bigger here! The best thing, the front loaders a bright and shiney and new and huge!

Have a nice long walk in a forest near by on New Year's day.. very lovely and necessary after filling up with chrimbo nibbles mmmm

Snowy Afternoon up Ongar way

2010-12-19T04:54:00.005+13:00

During these very cold snowy days I had a go at building a snowman, along with my lovely niece and daddy. It Didn't really turn out very snow man, more snow... empire state cum statue of Liberty, haha.

It's height got the better of him in the end...

Beautiful views, walking across the fields to my sisters... Oooo I LOVE the snow!!

Weekend with the boys about Poland and Berlin

2010-11-25T00:18:00.004+13:00

Had a lovely long weekend, well, 5 days. The first two days were alone in Krakow, beautiful city, cold, nice people, helpful, but an air of suspicion in the their eyes, but that could just be me :)
Then Fede, Abs and Javier arrived and off we went for a jolly day at Aushwitz, and onto Berlin for the evening. Mmm Berlin. Cake, Biking about, Cafe, views, beauty and ugliness, but cold; but lovely. Came back via Wraclaw in Poland. So much more forest everywhere than I expect.

Jools and Alison, and Ruby.. what a lovely jubbly English summer's night

2010-08-02T22:35:00.007+12:00

Summer Picnic Concerts.. Oooo I love 'em!

Me and Siggies on a sunny afternoon, up Audley End House, lovely :)

Alison was on.. but only for a few numbers.. Ah, can't have everything I suppose...

Mmm there were some lovely views too, well, you know what I'm like...

Mmm I love the fireworks...

Comin Homo... few days in Alicante, Ongar and Town, Ah...

2010-07-23T23:54:00.019+12:00

Mmm it runs in the family.. hehehe.. the love of the washing line/machine, I mean...

Sweet Marce getting a rub at Rufus picnic concert, what a lovely night.. had another the following week with Diana Krall, Joana and the boys. Can't beat London hot summer nights, ah...

Just happened to be the GayDay or whatever they call it now... these were the cheeky aussie bum boys.. others were smiling alot more.. for some reason, the equation seems to be more muscles/less smiling? or am I just a bit jealous? haha

Gorgeous birthday dinner with Ian & Liz who share the same day, and share nicely they do, and Tony and Ricky-roo too, bit pissy, ooo, it all ended a bit messily in Holland Park.. no, not the rich heart land of Holland Park.. hahaha

Ohhh. lovely Alicante, moonlight nights, sun, sea, sandy afternoons, friends, Oh, what more can a boy want...

Up to the Dutchies in the Hills and to meet the new Donkeys and Doggie.

If you ever want to go, its absolutely beautiful, peaceful, charming hosts and near the sea and coast if you really want all that: http://www.refugiomarnes.com/

And it was Fallas, so lots of people out and about and up to now good. Which is nice.

Oh, England, my Lionheart... this is how I think of the countryside, Ah. I sing that song to myself whenever I land here. Ah. Its all Golden now... mmm... time to take Nelly for a walk... well, next week when I'm back.

xxx

Maroubra to Bondi with the boys

2010-06-15T14:29:00.007+12:00

My last week in Sydney for the year and Rich has arrived! woohoo! Rich, Jezza and I went for a long early winter walk from Maroubra Beach to Bondi the other afternoon. It was perfect weather, well, cool, but just right for a long walk by the sea... mmm and fush and chups for lunch, and coffee, and another coffee and so on and so forth, haha.

Maroubra Beach, south side of Sydney, which was much more rural feeling that I expected. They were filming something just to the left there... lots of fit types running into the waves... very homo and away I thought.

One of the many sea pools along the coast. I like them but get to thinking some shark out there might get bored of treading water waiting for dinner and just jump over and have a good feed... ooo blimey!

Bondi sea pool, the classic, I think!

The boys between Tamarama and Bondi.. we saw some Penguins just below there splashing about in the waves, ah :)

Fresh Fruity Fragrant Feijoa mmmm

2010-05-13T02:05:00.005+12:00

The last few weeks in New Zealand has been Feijoa season, mmmm, so nice, straight off the tree and into my tum tum! Its Organic, init!

Beach Barnacles Búsqueda up at Eastery Raglan

2010-04-04T13:38:00.013+12:00

I fancied sequential rather than left right centre blah blah blah...

Just some nice views from a gorgeous afternoon's walk along Raglan beach with Jacks.

Such a beautiful place, I bored her ridged with me constant exclamations of how lovely it was, I think I over use that word as it is...

This guy had some self-powered torpedo thingy called a Kontiki which periodically shoots out from the shore, draggin a long line of hooks, and look what he caught! Had a box full of lovely Snapper (which we also had for fish and chups later..).

Any suggestions to add some variety to me vocab??

Dragons and boats and Evanito

2010-03-30T14:25:00.007+13:00

Found Gollum, and also had a lovely weekend in wellington visiting the new Hamilton/Barber Cineplex, very nice :) Well, I saw the construction, as it were... session times tba

also saw Evan doing his Dragon boat... ooo there were some lovely sights to be seen I tell thee... he's here on the far left, I think..

I don't normally like competitive things but it was really quite good fun and a bea-oooo-tiful day...

went to the beach in the arvo, which was peaceful and gorgeous.. then climbed up the hill and read a while... I love Welly :)

Tarawera steamy sundays

2010-03-11T10:49:00.007+13:00

We got up early, well, 9ish, early for a sunday.. what am I talkin about, I'm always up by then... mmm anyway. Off we went, Jacks, Michael, Andrew, Trey and I, off to the south side of Rotorua to Lake Tarawera and what a gorgeous day we had :)

I didn't think about it beforehand, but its known for the hot springs around the lake, obvious really, for the region, and it was lovely... nearly burnt me bum! Oww!

And we even got a ski, and Trey a boogie boardin, in between picnic and boilin the barnacles.. haha

Naps with The Doctor

2010-03-06T15:49:00.011+13:00

We met, I fell in love, I don't think he gives a damn but he's sweet and knows how to play me, what can I do, I'm a sucker for enthusiastic bouncin' sweet boys who want my attention, and I can give it so easily its just a pleasure and all worries disappear. Eddie is my only love, for the moment.

Eddie and Me, he has me in the palm (?) of his paw, ah :)

Oh look, the same top, the same shorts.. how odd.. but at least a new and gorgeous backdrop. We took our burgers, running up that hill, above Hastings one evening; absolutely beautiful. I need some more adjectives, I'm getting a bit too predictable with them, aye??

Just back, well, the other week, from a fun filled five freewheelin days over in Napier & Hastings (and Havelock) with Justin, and Jacks came for a few days too :)
We also started a sailing course which was so much fun I was grinning like the Underland Cat...

Eh, he looks all dark and moody aye, but don't be worryin, he's really quite cheery and blond, but don't tell him, he likes to think he's a smart cookie but I sure did catch him out on antibiotic usage and the like, oh yes, just don't tell him, he's very sensitive, not like me, no no, I'm never offended, no, how very dare...
and on and on, but its quite amusing, to me... I try. Ooo Antony and the Johnsons have just come on, Kiss My Name, he's got the most gorgeous unusual wonderful voice, wish he would record more...

Chile wit Willy

2010-03-02T13:00:00.007+13:00

Ole.. actually a few weeks ago, but I've been slack. No comments, thank you!

These guys were doing a fantastic road side show by the cafe we were at... very atheletic oh yes.. that's all I'm saying.

Had some great days with Willy around Santiago, I stopped there twice, a few days before and after Easter Island, which was amazing, I am SO going back sometime.

Willy and my other pal Roberto are fine after the earthquake, very good news to hear :)

had a lovely afternoon with willy's sister and family :)

Un dia andando a caballo

2010-01-15T13:36:00.007+13:00

Ole! Pasemos un día espectacular de solcito y andando a caballos por las colinas alrededor de Bariloche, Russell y yo

We made a few photo op stops of course and for the geegees to fart and pee, which they were very keen on.

Una tropilla de caballos salvajes vimos en el bosque, que por desgracia no se ve muy bien aquí, pero había un joven también; fue la parte mas hermosa del día :)

Russell couldn't keep his hands of the pussies, which was quite unexpected, hahaha.

Terminemos almorzando de una parrillas con los otros del group, una familia brasilera de dentistas, médicos y veterinarios, talk about keepin it in the family what oh!

Dirk's Letter

2010-01-14T14:47:00.002+13:00

Started Ever Dirk (The Letters) the other day, and today read this piece which really felt like me, maybe I'm just a little in love with him coz the way he writes in his personal world seem so familiar, but I feel like I'm in the same feeling about life as he was then, in 1971.

"...must have been a night of toil and tribulation... I have been there myself in the past. It is an anguishing decision to take... the only thing is, and this is terrible important, is to really know, I mean REALLY know what one wants and... most importantly WHO one is. Personal life has always seemed to me to be the most important thing ever. Over career, personal success, fame, lolly, achievement... the only achievement I truthfully believe in is Personal Achievement... life and the way that one is able to live... I have never sacrificed anything to that. Really and truely. And if all in the world of the theatre or cinema fails me now, as indeed it could, I would have no sense of failure at all... because my life has been the career I wanted and planned and worked to have. And, as far as I am concerned, that has been pretty bloody good... but, if on the other hand, one wants more of the sucessful theatre life, the fame and the fortune the heights and the lows which go with it... the lonliness... the worry... the terrors of a failure, of growing too old, of loosing to a younger man, of chucking up a solid background of untold happiness... then if one wants all this I suppose a trip to America and all the filth that that entails... is what one should do... and certainly it should be when one is twenty... or under... but after? Personal Choice. But I think that life, and with that I also mean Love, comes first... it's the only thing that one has in the final seconds... the knowledge that one has had time, and sense, to live, breath, love and enjoy the time one has been given..."

Typos, spelling and punctuation are his :)

Los aromas de mi calle no se van

2010-01-13T12:58:00.010+13:00

Caminando descalzo
por la ciudad
balanceándome al paso
de una canción (fue esta canción por casi dos semanas :) )

una pequeña lluvia
y ahora este sol
calienta el pavimento
y ese vapor...

yo vivo en un barrio tranquilo
no es preciso
que me busques
las veredas llevan
la marca de mis pies

por las dudas yo te digo
si me queres perfumar
los aromas de mi calle no se van

Cuando llego la feria
todo cambio
los viernes en Turdera
todo es color

un día a la semana
para comprar
ya me invente otra excusa
pa' caminar

Feliz ano nuevo.. happy new ARSE! jaja it's my spanish joke init... I don't have an 'enya'

2010-01-03T13:35:00.006+13:00

Oooii lo pasamos super bien, primero en familia en lo de Marce con toda su familia, subo mas fotos pronto de la Tia divina suya... Luego a casa de Gaby pa' charlar y tomar algo, y charlar y pues, ya entiendes... jeje, y luego a la fiesta árabe de Maxi y Guillermo y estuvo lindísimo todo :)

Arabian night in Buenos Aires...

and just to balance that doppy look, here's Marce lookin all moody like.

Sending you all lots of love and luck and happiness for this new year, may all your worries disappear and fresh lust for life freshen your gander.

Good Bye Naughties, Hello Teenies! Woohoo! S xxx

Unexpected Lunchbox in Ipanema

2009-12-22T10:27:00.009+13:00

Ole! I'm in Rio with me pal The Dirty Harris. We're here seeing lovely Fernando and his fella Marcelo, and its Simon's first time, he's a virgin you know.

Anyway, anyway. I had the most pleasant surprise the other afternoon on loosing Simon along Ipanema (that wasn't the pleasant thing you silly), I loitered hoping he would turn up and I found myself following this smiley chappy walking along the shore and then realised I know that smile! It was me lovely lunchbox of beer!

Had a funny evening out at a place called the Week, fully of Bundalicious... you don't need to know those details... anyway anyway.. had a great night and following day on the beach and yakking and drinking mmm sweet guaran-acai batidos mmm. Left Rio this morning, a beautiful morning it was, i'm thinkin morning is best there, and now we're in Paraty.

here are some of the extra bits of interest around those parts...

Petra ain't no dog

2009-12-11T14:20:00.008+13:00

On the way into the city... with some very charming jordanians trying to sell horsey rides down or back up and calling me lovely jubbly when I replied to their -where are you from- questions. Nice to know del-boy got this far and not just that yankie doodle indiana jones!

I did nearly buy the outfit to do the adventure in... they are for sale on entry... still, it was not that touristy, really :)

They broke into the warmest of smiles and greetings just after the photo, I must have caught them off guard.

I just didn't want to miss the opportunity, I'm a sucker for uniforms, especially with a tradish helmet. I really, really didn't like the big bear hat thing the orthodox jews wear, by the way, before, when I was in Israel. It just seems wierd. I mean, what got into their heads to bring something so old fashioned and polish to the scorching desert? I am certain god thinks them very odd indeed. I am certain god doesn't approve of them being so insular and cutting themselves off from the rest of his creation by being so -our team- I'm sure. I know in fact coz I have a direct line. Which is odd coz I am decidedly secular.

Am I sounding pompous? mmm... must be me mood this afternoon. Can't be perfect. heyhoo.

These two, I loved them, they were just trottin along, as if they'd just left work for the day, on the way home, all casual like, on their little donkeys. Very cute.

I loved the tea pot, it was just sitting there. This was on the way down the other side of the High Place of Sacrifice.

Lots more photos on facebook... Petra was amazing, and even better than I expect. I thought it would be just a few small facades etched into the hill side, but it really is a hugh city carved into stone through a large area of valley. I only spent the day but you could so easily spend three. And I so want to go back to Jordan and see the whole country. Mmm next year? Anyone wanna come?

Shalom from the Holy land, or ole, or salum ali cum.. or whatever it is

2009-12-02T19:02:00.011+13:00

Coming to the end of a very interesting, fun and humus filled trip to Israel; blame easyjet and their damn cheapio flights :)

This was the lovely pool I swam in everyday in Tel Aviv, during the first week. Mmm 50m of salty water... mmm...

Now in Jerusalem, lots of wonderful buildings but I am a bit itchy with all the religious types full of their passion for Christ, Judy or Momo, depending on who you talk with.

It wasn't my favortite place in Israel at all, but there were some sweet views :p

A cheery fella tried to convert me to Islam yesterday, up the Souq! How rude.

Before that, an attractive Armenian taxi driver (lovely skin, big strong arms...) followed me down the road to the JaffaCake gate insisting I let him take me for a quick one (ride that is), free of charge, to bring him luck! Mmm... do I look that foolish? or Easy?? Answers on a post card please.

If you'd asked me for my ideal thing to happen, I would have said to have come across a group of Israeli soldiers bathing in the hot sun... mmm and guess what I got..

I was feeling as content as can be just about then... hehehe

I thank you.

The ShatShuka, mmm

I've been eating alot of this for breakfast and it is delicious - I've even started making for myself when staying at hostels... I impressed a bunch of Germans with my spice eggs! woohoo!

This place was amazing, Mizpe Ramon, in the south west desert, really amazing landscapes and great for hiking about and loosing yourself (metaphorically... i rarely get lost.)

ps. Israel has been great but Petra was the highlight

Found some old family photos

2009-11-05T21:22:00.006+13:00

Mary Annie & Roland back in the day, Margate 1948 actually.

Dear old nan is the one in the deck chair with, I think, my dad on her lap. Ah :)

Dad and his mumma, Nancy, oh how I miss her still, I do I do.

Big Willy on a summer's night

2009-10-14T01:59:00.005+13:00

Nothing like Willy on a warm english summer's evening, HAHA. And he performed lovely so he did :)

And it was so good to have some quality time with Brenda, Emma and Sarah, woohoo!

And my big sis too... double woohoo!

Kingdom drive one summer afternoon

2009-10-14T00:05:00.003+13:00

In reverse order.... but I left the coast to head home at Cromer, this is it's 'famous' pier, I still prefer Brighton :)

Ole, I fancied a drive one saturday afternoon and Norfolk entered me, as an idea I mean, as I was in Essex at the time.

For some reason I thought the drive would be just a few hours, but it ended up being about 4, but loved it all, I love driving about and the Norfolk coast and it's more northerly villages are beautiful.

I was a perfect summer's day too. This windmill was lovely and according to Kim you can rent it, so I think we're gonna stay for a week next year, woohoo!

Tetería en Crevillente

2009-09-10T00:41:00.004+12:00

Ole! de nuevo estoy en España, mmm pues ya hace unas semanas aquí y se me pasan los dias sin actualizar el sitio, oops.

Renata vino a Alicante y también los otros exilios, Katka y Robert, jeje, y fuimos a la teteria de Crevillente.

Valerie me había hablado del sitio muchas veces y siempre he querido conocerla así que fuimos el finDe pasado; es un sitio bonito pero no tan lejos de la ciudad, me han dicho que queda en la nada lejos de todo, pues no... pero hermoso si :)

Ljubliana Alpine gorgeousness, isn't it

2009-07-21T21:06:00.008+12:00

Ole! Harald was in Ljubljana for a few weeks work so I got an invite to visit, woohoo. You know how I like to visit, aye :)

An added bonus is that Alessandra also lives here so we caught up over cafe, dinner, vino etc etc and discussing men, men and well, u know. The usual.

The City is beautiful, and surrounded by alpinesque forest, mmm.

We also went down to Trieste in Italy, just across the border, and to Koper and Portoroz on the Slovenian side, beautiful weather everywhere Mmmm.

Did I say about Harald's cross dressing. He's a huge coconut fan.

Birthday on the beach

2009-07-02T18:00:00.003+12:00

Had a lovely afternoon on the beach in Alicante with Octavio and Simon (Dirty) Harris (haha)

a perfect way for me to spend such a day :)

Kings of Queenstown, hahaha

2009-06-17T01:32:00.007+12:00

The colours of Arrowtown hills, Mmmm.

Had a fantastic few days in Queenstown with Dr Timberlakes. Here is his Slopes Debut :)

He has assured me today that actually he was going slow only because he thought I was taking a photo, and so the speed was on purpose to give good photo! Oh, right, I should Cocoa!

A couple of days in Tokyo

2009-06-17T00:49:00.004+12:00

The weather has failed me - well, I'm used to it always being nice :) It's been overcast with heavy rain every night, I got soaked in me nice new purple polo, which was ok really coz I had one of those japanese spa thingys in the hotel after, they have it very very hot!
Anyhoo, I was expecting to see a friend who I've not seen since Prague in, mmm, I think 1993, so just a while ago. Unfortunately it didn't happen; he had to get off to Ireland :( heyhoo. So, Tokyo was tainted by disappointment, I'm a people person, but it was nice to walk about and get familiar with the place. A few things have struck me, which was rude and I couldn't dodge them! haha.
1) They eat REALLY fast.
2) I think the unusally common amount of -bad- breath is from green tea, but I once heard that they think we smell of sour milk? or am I getting confused.
3) They do like to conform - which means everything is clean, & works, but a little boring. Mobile Phones - walking about the electricals area and seeing the variety of stuff on sales didn't fit with the odd fact that everyone I saw with a mobile had the same style, with the exception of the odd iPhone.

Anyhoo. The people are charming, which I love. I just wish I could say more than thank you and good afternoon. The only thing was the constant -Welcome- said to every person walking into a shop; it get's on ya tits after a while, well, it does on a busy saturday afternoon :)

Devonport ferrying about

2009-06-13T11:19:00.007+12:00

Finally popped over to Devonport on the ferry from Auckland wharf and caught up with Rebecca (the shell 90's possy, is that how you spell that?), its only been 15 years or something ridiculous, oops. I seem to be doing alot of catching ups like that recently, very nice.
Dr Beardsley was there for any medical emergencies :)

posted from Tokyo, asakuna, woohoo, but i'm not feeling like whatsit in that hotel room with slippers, you know, what's he called? Had a nice japo style spa on the room though, woohoo.

Kawhia hot water with Dr Timberlake

2009-05-06T08:26:00.007+12:00

Had a lovely day with Dr Timberlake over at Kawhia, the -other- Hot Water Beach in this beautiful country, except its a lot quieter and more wild than the Coromandel beach.

Kawhia (the wh sounds like an F, by the way) is about 50k south of Hamilton. Had a nice steamy cafe and date scone on the way, mmm... I don't do carbos though. Justin had a bacon butty, and him a doctor too! I don't know what this feeding info is here but somehow it should add to your imagination of the day, no?

Kawhia

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Stuck in the rut...

Mmm lovely and warm.. and our sea defences lasted, oh, all of about 10 minutes! woohoo!

you should see the other pose, not so graceful and superheroe, really. oops.

Cambridge to Hamilton in the kayak woohoo

2009-05-05T08:07:00.015+12:00

One stunning waikato morning, a few days ago...

Justin and me at the starting flag. We set off around 7:30am and had a beautiful clear day for the trip, although that meant it was quite chilly too, woohoo!

Our beautiful driving lady for the day was Sally, a world renowned sniffer of horses.

Passing underneath the Cambridge river-crossing bridge. The Waikato was steaming nicely for the first couple of hours and was kind of warm and much clearer than we expected.

Sun makes it way into the river creek to warming us up, mmmm.

Just passed a little waterfall... and Justin takes off! The water looks calm, doesn't it, but it was fast moving with lots of eddies and currents appearing from nowhere... which can be a little alarming :)

This was the route, following the river from Cambridge to the centre of Hamilton, I think thats about 30km by river.

We stopped about 11am for a warmup in the sun, cafe and some lovely buns, or was it a muffin?

And there were loads of ducks, everywhere, very cute.

The duck-shooting season has just started here and I'm starting to think these quacks are pretty smart because all along the river there were loads of mallards and Cambridge lake, it's like there's some stadium concert for ducks, you can hardly see the water for their numbers. I also saw lots of big old brown trout (Tom, is that that likely species?) anywhere the river ran shallow and weedy reedy :)
We got to Hamilton about 12:30 and it all ended too soon, I really like this kayaking malarky.

South Island gettin abart wit Tommity... and some driving

2009-04-18T13:59:00.018+12:00

Not now, no not now... but I'll put some photos up soon of me lovely 2 weeks driving and boating all around the South Island with Tommity.

This is a nice starter for now... they're not really going to be in order coz I'm so busy and its hard to order things up you know, heyhoo... I don't know how I manage it all really :)

Me and Tommity at Peregrine's Vineyard, on the road from Alex to Queenstown.

A view over Alexandra from Bern & Marg's area; really really made me wanna move, again :)

A Hooker Sea Lion, or so Tommity says, leaving us it's fancy tractor tracks...

Mmm and the Lakes. This is Tekapo, smaller of the two around there, the other is Lake Pukaki. These big lakes feed many Hydro plants which produce much of New Zealand's electricity.

Tommity and Marg, in her lovely garden. Mmm and Bern's earth warmed pears, mmm.

A Big Ole Mary

2009-03-02T14:34:00.002+13:00

Boy she is! Great view over Boy Charlton pool.

Thatcher, Milking it

2009-02-12T13:50:00.005+13:00

It's a bit obvious I suppose, but I just thought I could use this space as an online diary, although not with the really personal stuff. Still, here goes. Also thought I would like looking back on the wierd and perhaps odd entries I might make, like this one.

Just last night I had a dream about Margaret Thatcher. Actually I'm sure it was a few nights ago and NOT after seeing Milk, which I did see two days ago. The link now seems clear, but I guess it was made as Thatcher's era mixed with what I assumed Milk was about. It's an interesting film anyway, and nice to see Sean Penn do something open, honest and quite un-american, in a sense. The link, by the way, being Section 28.

Anyway, I was at some drinks party, all a bit posh, and there she is in the corner with some tall gentlemen, sipping something. She looks austere and dressed quite darkly, I'm surprised how tall she is. I've cornered her and all I can think to say, at the same time feeling quite pathetic, is "Why do you hate gays?"
I can't remember much more, something about being in a lift with her. The I was awoken by the frickin' alarm, just as I could feel her cold breath on my neck...

Snowtime wonderland

2009-02-11T15:35:00.002+13:00

Ah, makes me miss London and I love snow. I expect 3 will be along in a minute.

Polo, NZ vs Argentina

2009-02-11T14:13:00.005+13:00

Had a nice day out with friends at the Polo, lar-di-dah! haha. My first time, and I was particularly interested in it as Argentines were involved. Some lovely views there abouts. Then we all went for a very late afternoon ski, which was fun, the moon was shining on the lake as the light disappeared. Mmm.

70's berlin winter @ Hartington Court

2009-02-03T04:44:00.008+13:00

Blimey! It looks all 1970's Berlin at my old London flat. That'll be on account of the snow being from Siberia I expect. I used to live just up there first floor flat to the right of the entrance with the little balcony. Ah, happy times :)

Black Dolly and Karapiro

2009-02-01T08:26:00.005+13:00

Finally got round to snappin' lil' Black Dolly, at Karapiro powerstation/lake.

Morning Sonnet

2009-01-29T08:19:00.007+13:00

I woke with a need to put some thoughts into a sonnet, how odd? Well, it might not be correct to traditional English iambic pentameter form (the second line especially doesn't work), but you get the idea. I Never felt the need to write a poem before.

Behind

The night brings and dawn will not take away
A memory's passion, future unmade

Cruel the master not known to his play
This vessel's innocence fashion will shade

A womb holds no comfort for marrow's youth
Peers close yet here my soul withers and why?

Nought those treasures won near these rocks truth
Neither loves found nor lost in this dry sky

Flight and thought to shining towers crystal
Haze the mind as members swallow themselves

Thud pump caught onomatopoeic pistol
Surrounded lust finds and blind eyes will delve

but sweet light I want you still, now I know
for real, you are not mine and never will

Matarangi summer days out

2009-01-24T10:04:00.012+13:00

Just back from a few fantastic days up in Matarangi, Coromandel Peninsula. I stayed with Michael, Andrew, Trey & Jackie. Hereafter known as the Usuals, and some others came and went too, as I did. Paul couldn't come due to his horses as usual, heyhoo.

Great Mercury Island

We did a bit of fishing too, I didn't catch anything this time but Trey got a lovely snapper.

This beach was idyllic! And someone had left a tree swing... which you will see in the video :)

A View to Great Mercury Island, owned by a NZ industrialist or something or nothing, but he lives in Switzerland, the fool :) haha

that was fun.. it wasn't me screamin'!

Raglan Pony Beach makes a Lovely Arvo Mmm

2009-01-09T12:42:00.012+13:00

Had a great afternoon out with the boys on Raglan beach

We went over in Scotty's truck which was fun in itself, especially, pulling over to fill up the tank... very butch! hahaha. Little Lucy LuLu, Scotty's woofa, spend the day racing after them.

but she loved it and was just very quiet on the way home :)

Kite-surfers too, anothering thing I should have tried in Spain but didn't.

Looks like he enjoyed it, aye?

Gave them a nice fresh grassy feed before leaving

woohoo!

lovely, huffin' and a puffin' romp!

2009-01-07T21:30:00.010+13:00

I've decided I need to get back into exercise, so I kick started, mmm, my new daily routine with a -hike- up a local hill - Maungatautari. The DOC info said 2 hrs, and unusually they were right, as I stopped several times on the way up to wheeze, oh the shame... heyhoo...

I love big beautiful bush! Mmm, but it was very damp and slippy in there.

And the view on coming down in the late afternoon was kind of stunning iconic NZ landscape, Mmm.

Friday to Sunday night project, good times in Welly

2008-12-16T00:08:00.008+13:00

Starting on a more serious note, my lovers...
Opening of Parliament, 2008, with the incoming Key Government. Can't help feeling it very strange the country voting in an Ex city trader just when we're told the world is going tits up due to people like him and their activities... curious NZ :)

Ah, Ritchie finally meets his perfect mate!

A few holes pot, no need to elaborate I think. Later came along a Wellingtonian cum Chicago cum Palm Strings mystery trio! but that's not for here...

In the dude magnet.. supposedly...

Also I discovered Friday, now Sunday night project this weekend, a bit behind my UK shipmates, and now I understand why that Mr Carr and Lee whatsit are such a comedy cult.. i love it, init.

Oo oo, also saw two films; One awful - The Day The Earth Stood Still or what ever its called, its just awful, which is a shame coz I love Scifi. The Other was right fab - RockNRolla! Woohoo!

Fruity, Veggies, and ways to deal with hot days

2008-11-30T14:34:00.006+13:00

Last sunday was bloomin' hot, so went for a walk around the lake, here in Cambridge.. lovely it was.

My little back patch... I'm not sure what I'm doing with the netting.. it was to keep cats off but now it's just erect! heyhoo..

I started planting here at last woohoo.. haven't got much space in the new place, but its better than nowt, aye!

Solenum Quitoense (Naranjilla), I love the leaves, can you guess why, huh? huh?

Mykonos, better later than...

2008-11-25T18:12:00.012+13:00

As you would expect, I found the views as stunning as ever; here, and recorded for your delight. I could have sworn 'e was espanole, but no! Jule dug about abit and sourced 'im as Bulgari! Blimey!

Yahoo boyos! There's Jezza and Jule, up to their old tricks! Oh so many tricks.. but that's not for here, hahaha.

Mmm it's been a while since I fingered such a lovely pussy, but I can say I really enjoyed it, and helped pass the time whilst I knibbled some buns :)

da fellas!

Ollie and Richie and some fool.

Davey and Bennicus

Jezza and Ollie

Can't wait til next year.. well, you know, i'm not wishin' time away.. but its always such a nice holiday, woohoo!

Grampions & Sausage Lizards?

2008-11-18T13:22:00.006+13:00

Olé! Can't write much now coz I've just started working again, quite a shock it is, but I've been meaning to post these lovely pics of the trip over to see Marco in Melbourne and our few days in the Grampions.

Last day at Hot Water Beach

2008-10-11T15:05:00.006+13:00

So, you can skip the beached whale jokes, and don't be fooled by the next picture and think that paulie dug this hole, oh no, we actually nicked it from a vacating couple, as our first attempt was a little late with the tide coming in.. mmm, but lovely steamy tum burning hot! woohoo!

What a wonderful last few moments of this week away. Although the frickin' phone decided not to take a picture until they had mostly disappeared, we saw this pod of dolphins swim in and out of the bay, really awesome to watch and left us such a warm feeling on leaving this stunning place :)

In Hot Water again

2008-10-04T10:10:00.002+13:00

No photos as I seem to be leaving my phone at the bach the time, saw this bugger this morning when dipping my feet in the hot thermals on the beach, ugly and beautiful:
Eagle Ray, although I think it was a New Zealand Eagle Ray, which might be a little different :)

Linda, mi ex y su marido encantador

2008-08-13T23:29:00.005+12:00

Fui a casa de Tony y Rick en Greenwich. Linda, mi primera suegra y ademas mujer divina estaba ahí también y comemos en el jardín donde han sembrado un césped de manzanilla de verdad! qué inglés! jaja.

En casa hacia un calor como un verano de España así que fuimos a dar un paseo al perro por el parque.

Nottingham Saint someone, probably a Mary

2008-08-13T23:14:00.004+12:00

Popped up t'see Tyson and Martyn for an evening, ending up in a church after a lovely breakfast mmm, can't remember the name, maybe I'll wiki it, ever reliable aren't I! haha

Un domingo en Whitstable

2008-08-01T23:35:00.006+12:00

fui a visitar a Michael y Marcelo en Chatham y decidimos dar un paseo a Liza por Whitstable... qué calor hacia! y había mucha gente haciendo cola para comer las ostras que venden fresco del mar por ahi

The Mud Princesses

2008-07-30T23:15:00.011+12:00

Had a lovely day down at Mersea Island with my sister and two nieces. Had a picnic, walked out to the sea, the tide just on the turn. Dug for some worms and generally got dirty! yeah!

Also bumped into Sarah with her friend and their kids, which was very nice. Her George ended up lookin' like a mini extra from rambo, head-to-toe mud. I was kinda jealous but I don't think it would have been so cute on a (supposed) adult.

Anyhow, We all got the mud pack treatments! hahaha

We used to spend the summers down here in the caravan, water skiings and generally playing the whole tide in and out of the water - lovely memories - mmm although this is where I had a bike accident which ruptured my appendix and left me with my only scar that I hate.

Funny how you can go somewhere 20 years on and still have that feeling :)

Andando en bici por el Támesis

2008-07-30T11:28:00.008+12:00

un jardín secreto, espectacular, no? y por el centro de la ciudad, pues, en Putney.

Un poco mas allá queda la puente del mismo nombre donde nacio mi papa en 1939, en un taxi! O eso es lo que nos ha contado. jaja!

fuimos andando en bici, Geordi y yo. A marea alta el río se desborda por las calles

Gorran Haven

2008-07-17T21:50:00.002+12:00

found a beautiful beach here on the south coast in Cornwall; well, its not hard to do

Fantasies from the top deck

2008-06-22T04:38:00.011+12:00

One of the reasons I always enjoyed the ride home to battersea or clapham on the 137. Isn't he a beauty?

Hyde Park Corner

(erected to commemorate the glorious heroes of the machine gun corps who fell in the great war 1914-1919)

Sardinian Buggers

2008-06-21T22:24:00.007+12:00

Beautiful island, I think the nicest beaches and water I've seen around the Med.. mmm, maybe I need to see more, yes yes, I do. Ok, I will, alright, stop, you've made your point, I will do some more investigation and report back, I thank you.

Can you guess why I liked this one?? huh?? huh??

Open your golden gates baby

2008-06-21T22:02:00.003+12:00

Mmm, yes, they were right, I loved San Fran, shame I didn't have more time, I was tootin' me horn and dingin' me bell all day long on the trollies, woohoo! After this pic I got a haircut in the Castro from some lovely mexicans who chat and give you shandy booze and told me about the local goin' ons. Later a clam chowder in a loaf, I don't eat carbs of course so I licked the bowl, no swallowing.

Mmm Dolly

2008-06-21T21:54:00.003+12:00

I sure did love Dolly and I sure was surprised how she filled the Stockholm stadium, it was packed with dollettes, yes, that's what we calls them, I was more of a voyeur in that respect.

Moonstone Beach, San Simeon, CA

2008-06-06T17:19:00.010+12:00

After an afternoon driving up from LA, and thinking about a beach and some peace, and some pieces of fishy and wine, I decided to stop at my name sake's (almost) seaside town and unexpectedly got just what I wanted - which was nice :)

LALA Land

2008-06-03T06:50:00.003+12:00

Just a quickie.. coz it's the famous sign in the distance and kinda fits coz although I am enjoying it alot, there are too many dead looking people on the streets for the centre of this rich country.
I saw Tracy Ullman on the freeway in a rather sporty bmw - and I've had me heart broken in 17 places all over the city ever since, Tracy fan's, you know what I mean :)

Rarotongan arvos

2008-06-03T06:25:00.008+12:00

I think I'm goin' throught a minialist phase, so only a few photos here and there. Was lovely, poppin abart on me bike; next time I'm going to check out the cargo boat option - they route round all the islands in a month.. Mmm..

Roto-stinky-rua, but nice

2008-05-26T13:51:00.012+12:00

Muddy ploppin', it was very vigours

The champagne pool, the colours are so mucho more intense than the camera reveals.

Jacks gets steamy

Cabo del este

2008-05-23T14:37:00.012+12:00

There were so many art decos and I didn't take many shots for some reason.

When leaving, I saw the most beautiful building near the port, a Tobacco company, but didn't get a pic, bugger bollocks.
well, I was there.. but I'm not now, they try to confuse you, you know.

Wild black beach, before reaching Napier, sea appears so powerful, quite scary

Looking back to Gisbourne, from the mountains

On a lake, an hour before Napier, I found some very friendly black swans and I think there ducklike pal, but i'm not sure, us not being initmates.

view back to Tauranga, along the coast road from Whakatane, start of the eastern Cape.

Poverty Bay, por la madrugada, beautiful moon.

Te Araroa, the most easterly town of New Zealand, Mmm and lovely fishy and kumara.

All these fotos are in the wrong order, but I can't be bothered to reorder them. Started with lunch with Matty in Tauranga, and got to Napier the following afternoon; back in Cambridge by the evening, if you were wondering, I know I was.

Playa de culitos calientes

2008-05-15T12:52:00.015+12:00

well, it would have been if I'd arrived at low tide, bugger

Atheist Mantis

2008-05-15T12:27:00.005+12:00

Atheist coz I say so, what a beauty

Sculpture, labour's humanitarian?

2008-05-09T19:55:00.007+12:00

Saw this sculpture down in the cementary, near the botanical gardens in Wellington. A little obvious I suppose, but this is the kind of work I like: nudes, people, something real and beautiful, with a display of passion.
It's a memorial for Harry Holland, a NZ labour party founder from the early 20th century, for his work as 'compassionate champion of the common people.'

Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty

2008-05-09T19:37:00.006+12:00

Went for a romp up Mount Maunganui in Tauranga with Matt; spectacular view from the top over town, the islands and towards the eastern cape in the distance, woohoo.

Nothing like a fun guy

2008-05-09T17:27:00.013+12:00

Auricularia Polytricha

Coprinus Micaceous

Favolaschia calocera

While climbing the trail to the top of the Wairere falls, I came across a number of fungi, and I've had me interest peeked by young Thomas, so I took a few pics; can anyone confirm my IDs? :)

Wairere Falls

2008-05-09T07:06:00.010+12:00

Went for a walk up Wairere falls, a 250m drop, I think the largest in the North Island and just 30mins from home, woohoo.

Swimmin' along

2008-05-09T06:25:00.006+12:00

Some dolphins (Bottlenose, Tursiops truncatus, I think) swam along the bow with us one day, between Santa Cruz and San Cristobal.

Canberra with Jackie O

2008-05-01T16:07:00.003+12:00

Well, as good as! Its was very autumnal so it was, and boozy. Mmm

Desde lago Titicaca a Cusco

2008-04-29T15:42:00.010+12:00

Holy Mary's crib

She's a virgin, on the ridiculous

alpaca pequeñita y su amo, pequeñito, ja ja.

vistas panorámicas de lago Titicaca desde la capilla de monte en Copacabana, lado boliviano.

Match-oo Peashoot

2008-04-09T09:10:00.011+12:00

he's only laughin' coz it was that or a shove down't hill! he he he

Mmm nice view, huh?

Look, he's doin' that face again, slap 'im!

its a local and lives in Machu Picchu city, with the llamas, but I don't know what it is; it did make a very strange cry.

Galapagos gorgeous

2008-04-09T08:34:00.011+12:00

I love locals and their fishy ways, the pelicans were so cute and kinda doppy, I love doppy

little puffer, no smart comments, thank you.

The boys got a little macho for us

but they got nice and friendly once Jezza plied his charms

what's that? what's that?

Lookie, porky floats... they smelt delicious

Mmm the marine iguanas and I have alot in common.. can you guess? can you guess?
Extra points if you get their origin right! woohoo

Santiago de chile, La Paz, Lake Titikaka, Puno, Cusco, Lima, Galapagos, Guayaquil y Buenos Aires

2008-03-26T18:09:00.004+13:00

Well that's the route so far. I can't download pics till I get back to Spain.. mmm or even New Zealand really. Will fill up with fotos then :)
Having a lovely jubbly time with me pal Jezza. We're in Guayaquil at the moment, the more comercial city of Ecuador. Just back from the local gay bar, very sweet and amusing. The Galapagos were just beautiful, swimming with lots of smelly sealions in the water, 4 days on a boat, lots of curious birds and sealife, dolphins came to play in the boat bow, just amazing.

Norfolk (no icecream) Island

2008-03-02T14:35:00.011+13:00

Went for a few days to Norfolk Island.

Paul hated it, not enough city or horsey, I loved it, seems mostly to attract the pensioner tourist, but that's more about the state of their tourism rather than what the island can offer, woohoo!

Kapiti -Icecream- Island

2008-03-01T14:09:00.010+13:00

These little Wekas are right bold!

The water was clear, fresh and so good after the walkin' about.

Caught catchin'

Lovely day out to Kapiti Island about 45mins up the coast from Wellington, with Tommity and Pops

Views over Habour Party to Queen Victoria

2008-02-27T14:02:00.002+13:00

Sunday afternoon at Mrs MacQuaries chair, looking out over the 2008 Harbour Party (looked fun) out to Harbour Bridge where the Queen Victoria was leaving to toot goodbye to the QE2.

Lighthouse Bikin' Boys

2008-02-19T12:49:00.013+13:00

Los chicos Bici del faro!

More fun than the Waitangi day celebrations.

Cogimos un par de bicis y fuimos andando hasta el faro en la zona sur de la bahía de Wellington.

Walking up to the lakes behind the lighthouse, had something tasty by the shore, then up to the top to watch the ferries, looking out to the South Island.

Simon Richardson

2008-02-19T03:59:00.013+13:00

I like his work, perhaps I'm transparent, but this is the kind of work I like.

A South Island New Zealand Artist, recently in the news due to the subject of this painting below. The controversy being that a Rugby fella shouldn't be posing in the nude. Maybe the comentator hadn't heard of Dieux de Stade as an example, woohoo!

Arty Cow

2008-02-18T16:05:00.005+13:00

A Cute Cafe place just around the corner from home in Cambridge.

tiene algo del toro, no?

Ole!

esta bella ciudad

2008-01-30T12:52:00.000+13:00

Some spectacular views from around this beautiful city.

La piscina nueva en Sydney, Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre.

2008-01-30T12:46:00.000+13:00

You know, right? How much I love da swimmin pools :) This is the new Ian Thorpe (the olympic champion) aquatic centre in Darling Habour, Sydney. Very modern inside and out.

I like to gush, do you like to gush? I like to gush

2008-01-30T12:33:00.000+13:00

be that as it may, I admit I'm a Rufus and Judy fan, last night's performance in Sydney was I think one of the best pieces of musical entertainment I've ever seen.

His voice is at its best live and was really summat special tonight.

Loco por Dolly, what of it! She IS the darn Dolly Lama!

2008-01-28T14:30:00.000+13:00

Dying at 28, sad isn't it

2008-01-23T11:56:00.000+13:00

Heath, izquierda, ¿como es que llegamos a un punto u otro en esta vida? Se murió hoy en un apartamento de NYC.

Oh my gawd darlin', even better

2008-01-23T10:02:00.000+13:00

Ah!

Christmas at its best with Bernie and George

2008-01-23T09:52:00.000+13:00

mierda y mas mierda desde los EEUU

2008-01-22T12:58:00.000+13:00

si te excita ver a los yankie corriendo y gritando por las calles de su ciudad iconica.. estas pelis son para ti!

yankie ra-ra-ra bollocks... you will be so so tired of people racing round NYC and screaming.

really, don't bother... both are awful! and I love Sci-fi...

such a waste of money and superb cgi, pena que gastaron tanta gita y animación espectacular por dos guiones de mierda!

Summertime skiing again

2008-01-21T14:31:00.000+13:00

Woohoo!

holiday time starts in Welly

2007-12-28T08:39:00.000+13:00

Driving the van the 500km north to Cambridge from Wellington, you pass along the plateau of relatively baron (by NZ standards) ravines of the desert road, with the awesome view of mount Ruapehu and its ski fields, Mmmm.

A walk above the house I'm leaving... 6 months, feels like I've been here for ages. Shame 'coz the plants and veggies I planted are just coming out lovely.. heyhoo..

la fiesta navidena

2007-12-19T20:17:00.000+13:00

en un parque en Day's Bay, Wellington, jugando a croquet y cricket, very lardy-day aye! hahaha
despues, un camino por una playa desierta... Mmmm...

An afternoon in Raglan

2007-12-19T20:00:00.000+13:00

and we went to a beach just along from here, Manu Beach. Beautiful, Long and fabulous for surfin' :)

Had a running competition which ended in some beach wrestling, mmmm... hehehe