Farmer Barley Mow, Napier, New Zealand

"Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike"

On a mission

"it's OK for you guys and gals"

"I am up to my knees in"

Fire at Napier Airport, New Zealand

Excitement of the day through a fire at Napier Airport. Having been loaded and ready to take off, we were evacuated from the plane due to a fire in the terminal building close to us. You can just see the structure melting. The fire engines turned up and gads it out pretty quickly considering it had been spreading throughout the ceiling for some minutes.

Windy Day, Wellington, New Zealand

It is blowing a hell of a wind today, so much so this building under repair on Willis Street just blew down.

City Flat, Wellington, New Zealand

This is now where we live during the week, well just at the back actually. It is a new build and we are just renting for once. Looks a bit of a concrete box but A. It ain't moving too far in a quake and B. It is new and C. there is nobody above us as the units are like town houses and D. It ain't moving in a quake !

Puketapu Arial Shot, Napier, New Zealand

As promised here is a shot of our village in Hawkes Bay. The lake is at the bottom of the village, pub just above on left. The river running to the left is the Tutaekuri River which has the cycle tracks to its left and right going down to the sea.

Jo's Garage, Wellington, New Zealand

Keeping up our restaurant theme, of course for you, we visited Jo's Garage. Does not draw you on from the street in our view but a reasonable effort inside and obvious good client turnover. I had the (can't remember the posh name) mince on chiabata which was good. The wine by the jug (from tap) was exceptional for its cost, a Wairapa Pinot Noir. Yum.