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So after all our efforts making glass bottle vases and guitar slides we finally found the time to make our sales debut. In hindsight, perhaps a school car boot sale wasn’t the best place to start, as we soon discovered the parents weren’t buying our hand-crafted offerings and the kids pocket money didn’t really stretch to our price tag. Still, [...]

So, the time has come to say a sad goodbye to our faithful campervan and we have sold it to a friend of ours in Wellington. While we’re sad to give it up, at least we know it’s going to be loved and taken on lots of great adventures. It’s surprising how attached you can [...]

Luck has finally struck again after a couple of tough weeks on a lounge floor. We’ve been taken in by a friend at work and have moved into a new home after one last camping trip over the long Easter weekend. It’s a cute little house on a cute little street just a few minutes [...]

So we are back in Wellington and back to reality. Our housing arrangements have unexpectedly fallen through and we are scrambling around looking for both jobs, and a place to live. Meg has started back at her café job and is once again a barista queen. All this whilst we ponder/panic about our next move [...]

Sheep & cows – There are lots of these.
Short, SHORT shorts + wellies – This is standard attire for farmers and construction workers alike regardless of the weather. So there they are in winter coats, [...]

We’d heard Wellington has a bit of a reputation for a gust or two but when we arrived the sea was glassy and the sun was out. Then…we were hit by the worst gales they’ve seen for months. I’ve almost lost Meg on several occasions as the wind has tried to whisk her away. (we [...]

We’ve arrived in Wellington having driven the entire length of the north island, and having had a little look around, we’ve decided to stay. Well, just for a few months or so. The ‘capital’ is more like a mid-sized British city and retains a sense of community about it. Couple this with colourful houses and [...]

Ok, it was bound to happen. We’ve finally come to a Lord of the Rings filming site other than the general Shire-ness of a lot of the north island. The Otaki Forks are in the Tararua Forest Park and we think the site where they filmed the scene where Liv Tyler takes Frodo across the [...]