An Ambitious Project!
So... The Mini has (finally) arrived in Te Anau. It all happened in a bit of a rush. We went to Helen Dodson's (Tim Barrow's Mum) birthday, (not specifying age) and were getting ready to leave. We found Dad having a discussion with Pete, Tim's dad. They were discussing the possibility of bringing the Mini down from Dunedin on Pete's trailer. It all sounded great until we saw the trailer, which was already in Dunedin. It was pretty small! We got Gethin out of bed, (about 1:00 p.m.) and piled back into Pete's truck. It was a matter of precision.
Porthleven, Cornwall
Just got down to Porthleven (top of the Lizard Peninsula - almost at Lands End). Ron was desperate to go away somewhere so Jude, Maggie, Ron & I have rented a cottage for a week. We are in the row of white houses down by the harbour.
The view from our private terrace across the harbour is fantastic.
The weather tonight was great after a long drive down here with the weather improving as we went south. We unpacked then sat on the balcony with our welcome scones, jam and clotted cream. Then we went for a quick walk around the village and will explore further tomorrow.
Haircut 2
Isis has also had hers cut same day straight after Gid
The after photo is great cos her hair is still long
And the before one makes you realise she has had as much cut off as Gid !!!
Haircut
Gideon went to the barbers the other day.
Not normally a big event for a ten tear old, but he hasn't had his hair cut for 7 years!
So long hair is no longer the thing in Gids view so off we went.
It took 2hours for stylist to cut his hair and Isis and Jacqueline cried when his pony tail was cut off, and he came out a changed boy!
Isis has also had hers cut!
See more later
I had a bit of trouble with uploading this post and have just realised I missed off the before photo so here it is
[Edit] I've rotated the images - RooWorks well
I have not looked at pealing.com very often on my HTC Sensation. I must say, Andrew, it works rather well, including the slide show. I'm even doing this post with it.
Now all we need is an Android app.
Goose Cape Peninsula and a well travelled trackable
The weather in St. Anthony has been poor considering it is the end of May, even for the Northern Peninsula. This weekend we have had wet snow! Today I delayed
Rain
I am in Milford Sound.
The rain has been reasonably heavy - we haven't had proper rain like this for a few months.
Since 0900yesterday, its been raining at around 10mm/hr - thats for the last 30 hours.
It certainly makes the rivers and waterfalls impressive.
This one is the only permenant fall visible from the the road on the way in.
More Competitions
Douglas also entered a SmallBore shooting competition on Saturday.
He was very consistent, scoring exactly the same on all three cards, though not exceptionally high scoring.
He didnt find out the result until the club shoot on Thursday, where he discovered he had come second. Consistency clearly helped! He even got a trophy, and, like Alex, bragging rights until he returns the trophy next year:)
Orienteering again
Douglas took part in the Southland Schools Orienteering Champs at the weekend.
He was in "Senior Boys Experienced", and managed to get third place! Not getting lost seemed to help, and his knee was much improved from 2 weeks ago at the South Island Champs.
Rocks and Ice near St.Anthony
Vivien and I are working in St Anthony for a while. It has given me chance to go some places I have not been. Yesterday I went along a cliff walk that I had looked at several times. It was meant to be a one way walk and Vivien was going to pick me up . However the snow and trees made the latter half look impassable so I returned to my starting point.