Autumn Leaves Trips 2020

Not often you can do a bit of avalanche training without leaving home.

I haven't had a migraine for a long time.

A very long time. I don't remember when I last had one in fact.

So this one caught me off guard. I knew it was a migraine, but it was different - all the symptoms except the pain. I was reluctant to take my migraine meds for some reason (brain not functioning probably) and finally caved about 14 hours in. That was yesterday. The pain went and I was left with the familiar feeling of suddenly losing about 80 points of IQ. Brain wouldn't function. And v tired.

Looks like you had a great day 

For several months a friend, Paul  and I have been trying to find a mutually convenient date with good weather to paddle to some islands about 4 kilometres off shore. On Sat 22nd August we had our chance and one of Paul old paddling friends joined us, 

Now that we have a garage with space and had some time with the lockdown, there is some progress with the Mini.

The glass went in and doors on whilst we were still at Whitestone Road in order to make it weather-tight. Front and rear subframes also went on.

This all made it much heavier to move, though still (just about) managable with Roo and Douglas lifting and Nicky moving trailer and saw-horses.

The rest of the running gear is now getting attention and the interior re-painted.

We had a fantastic day at the 2019 Te Anau Medieval Tournament and Banquet

Sadly Pealing's lost their Archery trophy to the Shaw's.

There are more photo's at /blogs/roo/images-medieval-tournament-2019

Most years we try to take a 3-5 day canoe trip in early October, the leaf colours in Nova Scotia at this time of year are stunning, the weather is variable but not usually too cold, the water still reasonably warm and there are no blackflies or mosquitoes!

Had a visit to the wildlife park in Christchurch