Author: telboy2
New walk up through the trees
Yesterday.
A beautiful morning to walk- dry, sunny and the cold less of a problem.
Il pleut beaucoup
It has been raining a lot and so the land is very wet and the stream/ river at the bottom of the garden is more of a torrent. Elsewhere in the locality the land and streams are overflowing.
New Years Day football- late report
I was lucky to go to the game as Paul B. came up with an extra ticket – so I was back in my seat with the Percy.
Not a great game and we lost. Frustrating tactics- negative. Understandable tactics at the beginning but do do all the same, especially with subs on, when you are 0-2 behind. Annoying.
But ….. still sounds good:
Morning Walk
Day two of the new routine. A beautiful morning to explore some areas near the house that we have not been to before.
We also enjoyed the watching two fighter jets on a training run. Lots of noise and some low flying at one point.
Listen to the noise:
And follow the small dots across the sky:
Moving on
As previously noted the family home has been sold. The settlement is due soon.
The last day is done for us, spent cleaning by someone and packing the car and stuff by someone else.
So just about 20 years to the day.
The view still looks good.
Cricket at the Basin
As ever late with post but I have been occupied with moving!
So I am writing this sitting in France.
I spent Friday and Saturday, the first two days, at the Basin Reserve. The second day with Joseph. The second test of three between NZ and England- the first well won by England with help of the Black Caps not being able to catch the ball.
Both days were good to watch, more so the first. Sitting on the bank was a bit hard on the backside after two days. The sun was strong but thankfully there was sunblock available at the ground for idiots like me who forgot their own. There were however a few middle aged blokes worse for wear by the end of day one- I am not sure how you can afford to get pissed at those prices!
I was hoping for a NZ win in the hope they could make it to the test match series final at Lord’s in June. Alas- no. England were the dominant team and won with ease in the end.
It was great to go on the field during the lunch break- the surface is like a carpet. Kids playing and adults playing like kids.
A local walk
We are moving on soon and a few days ago I went for a walk in the roads we have walked many times before.
The view to the house across the gully and a capture of the Interislander coming in to town.
The Planets with the NZSO
A trip with Shaz and Murray to the Michael Fowler last night.
We sat in row A- as I think we have done before. It does allow a great view of watching the very skilled performers close up- though it does give some neck ache and you do miss out on the members of the orchestra at the back.
Listening to ‘The Planets ‘was a great experience. So many ‘hits’ and so much t enjoy. Very much a proof that seeing music live provides something more and better.
The final movement -Mystic- contains errie voices singing at the end. So well done with the NZ Chamber Choir.
And this man played Elgar violin concerto.Again we could see his work close up in addition to the sweat coming down his face with all his work. Amazing to see. Remarkable skill on view. The music was good but I would need to listen again to see if a ‘grower’. He was featured on TVNZ during the week- teaching up and coming violinists.
Napier and Art Deco
A trip to Napier to experience better weather and a change of scenery for a few days. The weather was a little better.
The environment was good, a small house (caravan) to stay in, situated in a quiet, small farm. I partook in the ‘fish and chips’ tour.
A nice place to be. It has changed a little from our last visit, of many I think, about 10 years ago. Not sure it is a place I could live in however.