Midlife – travel, fun and adventure
Dunedin After finishing our cycling tour on the Otago Rail Trail we had two days planned in and around Dunedin. It was a wet cold day as we walked the few steps from our Chapel Apartments to collect the hire car (how handy was that?). We asked the guys at the desk for their suggestions …
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The Albatross door I spotted this door while walking around Dunedin in New Zealand after we'd been to the Royal Albatross Centre. It was a wild, wet and windy day but the seagulls were loving it. They were riding the wind like professionals and made it look like so much fun. We laughed them attempting to land …
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Final day of cycling (day 5): Hyde to Middlemarch - 15 November 2016 It poured with rain overnight but the morning dawned cold with heavily overcast skies. We set out after breakfast for the final 30km hoping the rain would hold off and it did! The open Strath Taieri plain was flat riding with green …
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Cycling day 4: Wedderburn to Hyde - 14 November 2016 This was another big day starting off with an earthquake in New Zealand's South Island just after midnight. I can't say I felt the earth move but I do remember waking and thinking someone was walking around the cottage as there was a real rattle …
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Cycling day 3: Omakau to Wedderburn - 13 November 2016 This was a big day in lots of ways! 42 kms of riding, tunnels, bridges, a variety of scenery, ups and downs, hard surfaces and a long hill. The afternoon was booked up with a session of Curling at the Maniototo International Curling Rink, so …
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The Moeraki Boulders are magical Magic is the prompt for this week's photo challenge. Look at these boulders on the beach at Moeraki and tell me they're not magical!! As has been the way during our holiday in New Zealand, we decided on a whim to pull in to have a look at these rocks, …
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Cycling day 2: Alexandra to Omakau - 12 November 2016 We woke to quite dark skies and heavy rain overnight but everyone keeps telling us that it doesn't rain very much in this area. It's looking very green everywhere so it's been quite a wet season so far. Apparently the average rainfall is only 300mls …
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Cycling tourism The Central Otago Rail Trail on New Zealand's South Island, has been on our to-do list for quite some time now. It's simply a disused rail corridor which has been turned into a trail for cyclists and walkers. The land was owned by the railways, so years later after the trains had stopped …
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#FridayBookShare is an excellent for book lovers. It was created by Shelley Wilson, in search of the ideal author/novel. I love reading so I'm thrilled to have found Friday Book Share - here's my latest post, All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr The instructions are quite simple- Here's my #5 post: All the Light We Cannot …
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Day 3: Queenstown, gondola ride, sunshine, bike riding, wandering Today was our last full day in Queenstown so we decided to do some of the local attractions before we move on. Grant chose to walk up the very steep slopes to Bob's Peak while we caught the Skyline gondola - a much easier way of …
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Day 2: Queenstown, Crown Summit, Cardrona, Bradrona, Wanaka, Glendhu, Puzzleworld, Cromwell The day started out a bit overcast with rain overnight, but it turned into a magnificent day of warm sunshine and blue skies. I managed a brief morning walk and captured some fishermen preparing for their catch of the day. Lake Wakatipu looked a …
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Day 1: Queenstown and surrounds Waking up to this view from our Queenstown apartment after getting in late last night. Yep that's snow up there on The Remarkables. Room with a view! Out for an early morning walk along the lake. Driving to Glenorchy and stopping every few kilometres to take photos of amazing scenery! …
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Bike chaos Chaos is the prompt for this week's photo challenge - let’s embrace disorder and its creative power. I very nearly deleted these photos from a trip to Sweden a while ago, as they looked too messy and chaotic! We love visiting countries like Denmark and Sweden for their accepting attitude to bikes. These sorts of …
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My thoughts on being made redundant Meaning: not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous. Synonyms: Unnecessary, not required, inessential, unessential, needless, unneeded, uncalled for, dispensable, disposable, expendable. unwanted, useless Back in 2016, I was sitting and talking with my sister at her hospital bed and it was therapeutic for both of us. For …
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This is a great post by Shelley Wilson and I’m not biased at all! If you enjoy reading I’m sure you can relate to this in some way. Check out Shelley’s great blog and you might like to be involved/featured just like I was in this segment.
Here on the Reader Spot, I share the bookish love of our avid book reviewers. From young adult to historical romance, chick-lit to a murder mystery, they know what they like, and they’re happy to share. Whether you are a reader looking for a new book, or a writer wondering what your reader wants, I hope you find this series enjoyable.
Next up to the Reader Spot is the very lovely, Debbie Harris. Find her beautiful book review blog HERE.
What genre do you enjoy reading?
I enjoy reading just about anything – mainly fiction, YA, fantasy, apocalyptic drama, time travel, historical fiction, crime thrillers (especially Scandinavian Noir lately) – if it can grab me in the first few pages then I’ll stick with it. One book I just couldn’t get into was the Life of Pi, although I did enjoy the movie years later. I rarely give up on…
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A solid old door This door photo was taken at Wells Cathedral in UK while on holidays a while ago. I love the heaviness and solidity of this door. It is just gorgeous! It's always lovely to join in with door lovers around the world for Thursday Doors. Deb 🙂
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