“Woke up and smiled this morning. Wishes swam like fishes in my head. I rub my eyes as all the reasons chased the demons from my bed. I’m on top of the world, but it’s just for a moment.” ( The Lightening Seeds – Open goals) We watched the All Blacks semi-final with a guy named Fish. We arrived at his place in the tiny … Continue reading A Fish called Kevin
“This ain’t no upwardly mobile freeway. Oh no, this is the road. This is the road. This is the road to hell. ( Chris Rea – Road to Hell ) Walking on State Highway 1 has never been on my bucket-list. Nevertheless here I was, trudging up the Mangamuka Gorge on SH1 facing oncoming traffic which varied between logging trucks, other heavy haulage trucks and … Continue reading Road to Hell
“I am a passenger. And I ride and I ride. I ride through the city’s backside. I see the stars come out of the sky.” (Iggy Pop – Passenger) Eagle-eyed readers of this blog may have already spotted her. And to some extent most trips have that person whose whole is strangely equal to the sum of their parts. In our case it’s Wanda, a … Continue reading Introducing Wanda
“I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name. It felt good to be out of the rain. In the desert, you can remember your name ’cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain…” Historically, I hadn’t a clue what Dewey Bunnell and his mates were on about in their now classic tune written in 1972. However, after a 4-day … Continue reading 90 Mile Beach
“A long time ago came a man on a track, walking 30 miles with a sack on his back.” (Dire Straits – Telegraph Road) And we’re off. Finally! The garden has been brutalised into shape, the house has been let and Tana the Lab has been housed with her BFF Daisy. Jetstar whisked us 900 km north to Auckland, over the terrain we would at … Continue reading Heading North
A love of Walking I’ll be the first to admit I have not always enjoyed walking. From days walking under protest to school in Durban to my university days where I ensured my accommodation was always a stones throw away from the lecture halls, I treated walking as a necessary evil and something to be done where a more superior form of transport just did … Continue reading Why TA? – Pete
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