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First Flight
It’s only been two weeks since the last blog, but it feels like lots has happened in the meantime. For starters, we moved 18,000 km away! We’ve always planned to…
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Van Life Reflections
We’re hoping to leave Aotearoa New Zealand for the UK within the next month or so, and a big part of that is preparing Cyril for sale. To be honest,…
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Holding Pattern
An attraction of leaving the corporate world and going sailing was not having to plan too much, or too far in advance. In our “old lives” we planned a lot. …
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The Mad Cow of Whangamomona!
We’ve tried and failed to visit the Taranaki area on the west coast of the North Island earlier, and it’s a part of the country that neither Helen nor I…
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Lockdown Leveller
It’s been just over a year since we returned to Aotearoa New Zealand, completed our hotel MIQ (managed isolation and quarantine) and were released into the freedom of Covid free…
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There’s no place like home
My homesickness for the UK has been steadily growing. It is now over 2 years since I stood on British soil but, in these COVID times, it is no longer…
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Death and Life
About ten years ago on a week-long camping trip with close friends in a remote desert corner of Oman, I found myself sitting around the campfire with a Cuban Cigar…
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Kiwi Hospitality
“Kiwi Hospitality is the process of showing respect and care for guests in our home. Most Kiwis embody this without even realising it, welcoming strangers and warmly inviting them to share New…
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Tiki Touring and the Wop Wops
I have picked up a few Kiwi expressions since we have been back in New Zealand. Bryan thought it appropriate to teach me a few often-used ones. In fact, while…
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Two Years Retired
My dad encouraged me to learn to sail when I was about eight, as he himself was building experience and taking courses to allow him to fulfil his own dream for…
The next chapter in life
