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• Wharf2Wharf…and other news

  January 17, 2014

  This is actually last year's event, my friend Maria took this pic as I crossed the finish line. That's 4 hours, 9 minutes and 15 seconds after I started walking at Orapiu wharf. This year the weather was hotter, but I'd done more training, and I crossed the line in a time of 3 hours,…

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• Update on that long list – resolutions..

  January 9, 2014

  No 1 .. the issue which was quite challenging seems to be slowly resolving itself, and we are back texting.. maybe apologies might be offered tomorrow (No 41). This is Oneroa main street (Ocean View Road) on a quieter moment over the summer holidays... taken from the exact spot where I catch...

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• Latest pics…

  January 6, 2014

  Voyager of the Seas, taking up more than just one parking berth the other day as I arrived in 'town'... Lots of activity down at the wharf.... This one's from Christmas Day. Kyree's lunch! Onetangi Hall, before the mad rush for Christmas lunch... View from Sara's new place, Rocky Bay.... * * and ...

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• Sorry…

  January 6, 2014

  Sorry, sorry, SORRY, I'm sorry, really, I am. So just saying.... sorry...............   That should do.   I did go to town this morning because I had the most fabuloso sleep last night ... and it was a beautiful day.. and the prospect of walking along the waterfront for the fourth day r...

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• Early test re #1…. / training

  January 5, 2014

    2014 wasn't very old before I had  a huge test re resolution #1. Couldn't let my dinner guest's behaviour go unchallenged, so some of the things I said resulted in my guest leaving. C'est la vie! But I struggled afterwards because I haven't had any contact, don't want any contact, eve...

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• Overload…..

  December 29, 2013

  ....of New Year's resolutions: 1 To be a better kinder more respectful person... 2 To use punctuation like what I didnt do in numbers 1 and 2... 3 To have more fun times... 4 To go to gym at least once a week... 5 To keep in touch with Trevor about my roof replacement... 6…

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• 21 of the best….

  October 3, 2013

  After the sushi train meal at Toriton restaurant, Sapporo, with Alison and Chloe... 12 July 2013 and no, I didn't eat all those myself! Sacre-Coeur Church, Montmartre, Paris.. LOTB and I looked around here 19 July 2013. Banqueting hall, Versailles, France. LOTB and I visited here 21 July 2013. &n...

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• Days 69 70 home sweet home ***

  September 16, 2013

   ...well just to cap off day 68, I strolled over to a nearby shopping mall, and besides grabbing a coffee in Starbucks, I found a fantastic art shop which I took my time to look around. Interesting that there was no one else in the shop, apart from the owner, the whole time I was…

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• Day 67 68 Yes I can…..// averting disaster..

  September 14, 2013

   67 was getting in a bit of an anxiety state about today, early on anyway. Was thinking the worst about not finding a safe place to store my bags and having to carry them around all day. But the Internet told me that the upmarket Chancellor hotel would store them, so I went down there…

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