We don’t tend to get away much: being self employed means no work = no pay. Christmas closure is normal in Southland so we tend to use that period for a break if we can. We decided to go camping, up in the Twizel direction, doing a huge loop, crossing over and coming down the west coast back to Invercargill. Continue reading “Christmas break: camping up west “
Tag: Cycling
Vlog 6: Timaru coastal ramblings
Today was a cycling swimming and walking day; I was in my element: if it wasn’t for the killer coastal dog and the lack of mountain bike skills on my part! I feel much more able on a bike and in the water, my legs on their own don’t work too well any more. Continue reading “Vlog 6: Timaru coastal ramblings”
Tough times
It’s been a bit of a nightmare week, but I was able to also have my first true weekend off in quite a long time: a week of two halves to be sure. Continue reading “Tough times “
A break in the bleak: the sun shines on the Highlanders!
It’s been a bleak week weather wise: unprecedented snow up in the mountains, and the New Zealand a herald was reporting that we had the ‘worst weather event on the planet’ at the time. Nice. Winter has arrived! Still, only 1 month to go till we hit the winter Equinox and it all starts looking up! We even had the first frost of the year this week. But, this weekend had a welcome break in the weather allowing us to enjoy our beautiful coastline. Continue reading “A break in the bleak: the sun shines on the Highlanders!”
Wanaka weekend
This weekend we headed to Wanaka, it was planned to be an action packed sporting weekend, starting with the Big Ruby swim (3.8km open water) on Saturday, followed my M&M team entry to Sovereign triathlon Wanaka on Sunday.