Lachie and Chiara Catch Up, and Travel to Oxford
Sunday/RātapuToday we got up early, went to a cafe and read The Sunday Times. We are both enjoying reading The Times and having time (ha ha). Then Bill had a catch up with Chris, and I walked to catch up with Chiara and Lachie for brunch. I walked past the canals with my bags, as after the catch up Bill was meeting me and we were training to Oxford (Paddington Station was next door to Beany Green where I met them)....
June 30, 2019Cricket/Kirikiti Lords, London
Saturday/Rāhoroi Reg and Shayne allowed us to stay in their lovely London apartment. They live in the second floor of this block. I will take a photo next time and not get off Google because Shayne has planted a whole lot of pots. We felt very privileged. It was so homely and just 15 minutes walk from Lords....
June 29, 2019Withington, Burford and the Perch
Friday/Rāmere We met the owner of The Old Rectory where we stayed today. His name is Mark. He is a corporate lawyer and had the place as a holiday place first and then bit the bullet and went to live full time in the country. He said he has never been busier. He told us 100 years ago the vicar who lived there disliked the public walking through his property and so probably using church funds dubiously, he got the public path dug down so deep so he would not see the public, and he cuold st...
June 28, 2019Goodbye Birmingham, Hello Cotswolds
Thursday/RāpareWe have hired a car. Nice to get into the countryside as we have been in cities since Pebble Beach, so off to go green again. Car below....
June 27, 2019Cricket/Kirikiti Birmingham
Wednesday/Rāapa The Pakistan team are staying in our hotel. I talked with a guy and then asked for a photo with him - I didn't even get his name ! I thought he must be someone from the Fanatics (they are a travelling supporters group we have seen at the golf a few times) but Bill said this was a different Fanatics. Bill had a look but he said it was no-one that he knew. He told me about how they were so thrilled Pakistan had won and that now that it opened it all up. That is very true. Th...
June 26, 2019Birmingham, Canals and Comedy
Tuesday/Rārua Lots of walking today. We walked to find sushi for lunch, and the weather was still fine and we walked to a 7pm comedy show we found in the Church Inn. Birmingham really does have more canal miles than Venice. The whole Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) system adds up to 100 canals. The night was funny. At the comedy show we both loved Josh Pugh. He was natural and quirky as you can see in this link https://youtu.be/PHhYOSn3qxY. He was English Comedian ...
June 25, 2019Travelled to Birmingham/ Went to fix laptop/ Self development
Monday/Rāhina We trained from Manchester to Birmingham and I was going to work on this blog. Laptop buttons for this site did not work. I tried, I got Bill to try, and I tried a computer in the hotel. It worked on the other computers, so my lap top was definitely the problem. I told Bill about Mackeeper and that I had bought it to try and fix it. He said it sounded like a scam. I gave it up and I noticed I wasn't that good about giving it up, so I wrote to Kath who has been partnering me with ...
June 24, 2019Swimming/Kaunga at City Suites, Self development and Manchester Day
Sunday/Rātapu I have been swimming about 20 lengths every morning. The pool is stunning. Mostly I have had the pool to myself. This morning on my swim I see this guy hanging out by the lockers. The lockers are 2 metres left of the spa and then away from the pool by another 2 metres. He has a hairy back and my immediate thoughts are - He is not the kind of guy I should be here by myself with! I tell myself all is well, and not to be so silly. Then he is turning and looking at the pool and ...
June 23, 2019Cricket/Kirikiti Manchester
Saturday/Rāhoroi...
June 22, 2019City Suites, 16 Chapel Rd, Manchester and Getting ready for cricket/kirikiti
Friday/Rāmere Walked to pick up tickets from Old Trafford Cricket Ground....
June 21, 2019Aquarium visit and Goodbye Monterey
Thursday/RāparePacking up to leave, spotted this out of bedroom window. A big cruise ship....
June 20, 2019Washing day in Monterey
Wednesday/Rāapa...
June 19, 201917 Mile Road Trip
Rāhina/ Monday...
June 17, 2019Last round Ko au te hahaupōro Ko te hahaupōro ko au
Rātapu/Sunday 16th June Last round. Bill backed Rose and I backed Rory for a back massage. As neither of us won and our feet were sore, we massaged each other's feet :). The golf is history. Gary Woodland is the winner. ...
June 16, 2019More Hahaupōro/Golf at Pebble Beach
Saturday/Rāhoroi 15th June...
June 15, 2019Hahaupōro/Golf at Pebble Beach
Friday/Rāmere14th June Trying to watch at 7th hole....
June 14, 2019Golf/hahaupōro (Pebble Beach)
Thursday/Rāpare 13th June Today was all about the golf/hahaupōro. Bill worked out, and thought we had walked 36 holes. I was happy with that figure and I have very sore feet. Pebble Beach is very scenic from every hole, it was 14 degrees Celsius, you had to keep moving to keep warm and I loved watching experts play golf. Ko au te hahaupōro. Ko te hahaupōro ko au. (I am the golf and the golf is me.)...
June 13, 2019Exploring Carmel-By-The-Sea
Wednesday/Raapa 12th June We did some exploring of Carmel-by-the-Sea - a quaint town which is similar to Princeton, with coffee shops and boutique type shops. The difference is Princeton has the university, Carmel-by-the-Sea has Pebble Beach Golf Course. It is a square mile village. There is a no high heels law, and there are no street addresses. Thirty years ago when Clint Eastwood was Mayor of Carmel he did not want to citify Carmel and rejected house- to-house mail delivery ...
June 12, 2019Aptos Beach
Tuesday/Rārua 11th June...
June 11, 2019Leaving New Zealand
Tuesday/Rārua We left our home in Auckland at 3.30 pm (via Anna our daughter in her boyfriend - Mark's car) saying goodbye to 23 Cedar Rd for the last time after 25 years living there. We were on a 7.45 pm Air NZ flight heading for San Francisco and Bill whispered in my ear “I have got emailed that Air NZ took our lowest possible offer for a One-Up upgrade that I pitched for a week ago, and we are going business class.” That was music to my ears! Getting out of Cedar Rd has been ...
June 10, 2019Welcome to our journey
Naumai, welcome to my travel blog/ whakairanga rangitaki 2019/2020. (That is interesting there is a word in Māori for blog, when they did not even write 200 years ago!) As some of you know I am interested in Māori ways, partly because they lived off the land with no pollution, they were the first humans who lived in Aotearoa, and I am learning their ways as well as their language. In this blog you will learn some Māori words and ways as I learn and can, if you ch...
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