Kia Ora Guys This week has been a bumper one so stick with us and watch the last 7 days unfold before you. Monday came and went and wasn't anything special to really write about although it did take me 10 hours to get the towels dry as I foolishly washed them knowing that the weather would continue to be dull and grey all day..... Tuesday seemed much darker when we awoke but thankfully it was much warmer than yesterday which I think was due to the cloud cover....

Kia Ora Another Monday came around, Mel went off to work and I took care of domestic chores and also got final instructions from our landlord before they flew off on holiday. I spent the next few days sorting out small little jobs that will become part of the bigger picture in the next 6-8 weeks while Mel went out and to work.My afternoons were taken up by riding the bike around and having a nice time in the autumnal weather and freedom before having to look fo...

Kia Ora The last 10 days had been a blur and Monday saw Martin leave and head back to the UK but we did have all day before he needed to be at the airport. Once I had collected him from the hotel we called into the bike shop to check out our new bike and it looked better than I had expected all shiny and new and definately worth the wait. The weather outside was lousy and we met Andy at the wharf and I took them to Takapuna Beach Cafe for lunch as we tucked int...

After a busy weekend the week was going to continue along the same theme,Mel had to go to work and earn us some money and I had arranged to show the lads around the beautiful city of Auckland. I stepped off the ferry and walked the one block to Martin's hotel passing in and out of the sunshine as it got lost behind the tall buildings.We had Andy's hire car to get around today,we stopped off at Savage Park for some great views of the city and followed that up wit...

Monday was a strange day as the daytime passed so quickly but the evening was a different story both Mel and I were huffing and puffing around the house by 7pm.We did salvage the evening by pulling out the scrabble which did the trick. I spent part of Tuesday sorting out things to do with my mate Martin who was arriving on Friday.It was then onto making a homemade beef and ale pie.I got broken off half way through to go and fix my neighbours TV which was playing...