Miriam H.

After six months we are leaving the North Island to continue our travels in the south. It seems appropriate to sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ as it is a song which people sing at the end of the year, reflecting on the past twelve months. We are only reflecting on the last six months but have […]

Many places and street names in the towns and cities we have passed through are similar. There seems to be an ANZAC street or avenue in every town. Often there is a Dixon Park or Courtney Place. Names can be the same but the terrain these names exist on, is the difference. We have just

What makes one day stand out from another? What makes one day better than another? Winning lotto would stand out for me as a day or night to remember. However, having the numbers on my lotto ticket correspond to the balls rolled out on a Saturday or Wednesday night has not happened. Yet. So does

Who’d know that in my lifetime of driving or taking lifts, getting on a bus would be so gratifying. Peter and I are both gratified that public transport for the over 65’s is free. We are also gratified that it is relatively easy to navigate to unknown places and that the drivers of these welcome

Again we find ourselves on the gravel patch which is the N.Z.C.M.A camp among the aeroplanes and helicopters at Ardmore. At first I thought it was strange that the camp is situated here, in an airport. However strange or not there is always something going on. Sometimes the thing that is happening is during the

When we broke down and limped into the Hamilton Holiday Park my brother rang and wanted to help us to escape ‘The Tron’. He would have come and picked us up and taken us back to Auckland, his chosen mecca. We had never been in the tron so we elected to stay. So far the

The caravan and ourselves have been on a break. We have been overseas and visiting family and the caravan has been parked in my brother’s backyard. When we left the caravan I did wonder if I would want to come back to it. I worried that I would not feel like returning to our mobile

This is sort of a travel blog I know but I do want to mention dogs. When you travel around you do see a lot of dogs, especially in New Zealand. We have recently been overseas and I cannot recall noting a great number of dogs in Oxford in the UK, which is where we

Birds make up the countryside and also they inhabit our urban areas. Birds cannot be escaped and they poop everywhere. A pigeon crapped on Peter’s head as he sat outside a cafe in Oxford in the UK. “That’s good luck actually” everyone said. “Actually felt like bad luck” thought Peter. Birds are beautiful though. We

As this blog is now more of a travel journal my twitterings are going to be of what I observe around the country. Caravanning does put you in touch with the country. I mean literally the dirt, the stones and the grasses that make up the countryside. Sometimes when you step out in the morning