Wild Students
Douglas is singularly failing to get anything up here about his trip to Great Barrier, so here is an article that was published in the Fiordland Advocate:
pealing.com is back
The revised pealing.com website (this one) is now live. There is still some work to do to make it look nice, but it's fairly functional as it stands. It is a "responsive" design, so it adjusts to the type of device you are accessing it from - it's been tested on Android phone, iPhone, Palm Pre, and a (small) selection of tablets, as well as normal computer browsers. Adding videos at the moment is a question of pasting the embed code you get from YouTube. I'll try to impove this.
First Place
I do not like being on stage and I do not know how much I enjoyed this afternoon but I am glad I did it.
Looking for tenants
We are finally ready to rent. The cottage is advertised on Bagshaw's website.
Just heard from Jude that we have a viewing already first thing Saturday morning!
Douglas to Gt. Barrier
I am at Dunedin airport, dropping Douglas who is going to Great Barrier Island for a week on an Outdoor Pursuit Course that the school won in the Student vs Wild contest last year.
Eat your heart out Douglas!
Train set in Bakewell market. This is just a siding! Wait for the video tomorrow.
Snow
Here is a picture of the snow In Riber. Quite impressive for the end of March!
The Car
Its a Peugeot 107
Birthday Paddle
Had a great afternoon on the lake. Nic & I decided to take the dog out on the lake for a swim to exercise her leg with zero impact (she has a limp) - we paddle the canoe and she swims. The lake was so amazingly calm that we decided it was too good to waste, so once we'd exercised Kanche we collected Douglas (& a thermos) and set off over the Lake to Hidden Lakes.
Really enjoyed paddling over. The sun was just dipping behind the trees when we got over the other side, and the sand flies were out in force.
Easter
We had quite a pleasant Easter. Kate, Graham & Emma came down to stay. Gethin had time off too, so he came down too. Emma and Douglas had tents on the lawn, and the weather was pretty good.
We didn't do anything special, but did paint and roll eggs. (Graham did a couple of big training rides in prep for his race in a couple of weeks)
There are some pics here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b7qztu691jn4acx/QnRXaf2xE2