I sort of expected perhaps to run out of water in the summer, perhaps on a really hot year (as we’re on tank water not mains) but I didn’t expect to get up this morning and have no water. FROZEN. Continue reading “Third world problems in a frozen country!”
Tag: Highlanders
Winter bites and so do the Highlanders!
We are now well into winter, and well into the rugby season. We have been following the Highlanders who are having the season of their lives. We headed to Dunedin to watch their play off match, which they won against the Chiefs, meaning they headed to Australia the following week to play the defending Super Rugby champions, the Waratahs.
Sadly, our budget didn’t stretch to that so we had to watch it on telly! Continue reading “Winter bites and so do the Highlanders!”
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!”
Dunedin: Highlanders and Gorgeous coastline
This weekend, we went up to Dunedin, a helter skelter trip straight from work on Friday evening, to get to the rugby game by 7:30pm. We JUST made it! We decided to stay over, and spend the day in the area before meandering back home on Saturday afternoon. So glad we did because Saturday turned out to be beautiful. Continue reading “Dunedin: Highlanders and Gorgeous coastline”