Tag/category: new zealand
Queenstown and Doubtful Sound
Queenstown, in the south west corner of the South Island and the gateway to the two ‘Sounds‘ — Milford and Doubttful — only made my itinerary because so many said I ‘must go’. After the earlier misfires my hopes were, well let’s say neutral. But I needn’t have worried: Queenstown was marvellous and my overnight cruise to Doubtful Sound the …
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Lake placid?
In an Aron Ralston-style fit of athletic hubris today I found myself in dicey waters and very nearly up a creek without a paddle. Not that I want to over-state it; of course it wasn’t anywhere near as epic, gruesome, drawn-out or extreme as 127 Hours, and the denouement nothing like. But having seen the film only days ago, scenes …
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Auckland
Well I’m a week or so clear of Auckland now and have covered so much ground that it seems much longer. I can’t say I love it as a city or as a tourist destination, but to say I didn’t have a good time would be churlish. As described, there was the Waiheke Island visit, and the legendary evening of …
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The view from my cousin’s boss’s bathroom
Excuse the dreadful and unreheased commentary. This is the luxurious ‘bach’ we were staying in as part of attending the Sculpture Walk event on Waiheke Island.
2010 was the year…
2010 marked my 10th year in Bristol, and also the year I decided to leave. 2010 was the year I made the most money and lost the most. 2010 was the year I conducted my first fully-staged musical — West Side Story. Not only that, but I conducted my second one, Jekyll and Hyde, in the same year! 2010 was …
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