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  • 2019: A Year in Review July 26, 2020
  • Alternative Transport November 27, 2018
  • Moving On… November 25, 2018
  • The Weather November 5, 2018
  • Even More Snowboarding October 31, 2018

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July 26, 2020

2019: A Year in Review

Anyone who knows me knows I love to talk. I don’t really know why but I can guess that its a trait I inherited from…

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November 27, 2018

Alternative Transport

Last week my flight back down to Dunedin from Hamilton ended up having an aborted landing due to some extreme weather in Dunedin. I wasn’t…

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November 25, 2018

Moving On…

Eventually a time comes to start making some changes and move on to new things. For me that time has finally arrived and I shall…

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November 5, 2018

The Weather

As a British traveller abroad, it is obviously well overdue for me to talk about the weather. It is common knowledge that we spend 78%…

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October 31, 2018

Even More Snowboarding

Upon first glance it would seem that many of my latest posts have been about snowboarding and not much else. After a further look though…

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October 10, 2018

2018: A year in review

When looking at the information now, it turns out that I have not written anything on my blog for over a year. A lot has…

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August 17, 2017

Boarding 102: A very different day

Still buzzing off of the back of our previous snowboarding success, another weekend boarding was penciled in and last week Lisa and I headed back…

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July 26, 2017

Snowboarding 101

Last weekend the South Island of New Zealand was hit with some pretty severe weather. Actually that is probably a bit of an understatement… Shit…

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July 15, 2017

Big Boy boots

With winter truly setting in here in Dunedin I have taken it upon myself to finally become a proper adult and get some footwear suitable…

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July 13, 2017

Hockey and Helicopters

When travelling all over the world one of the times you tend to really miss friends and family are the special occasions like birthdays and…

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June 4, 2017

Baby Steps

Its seems far too easy to get into a position where a simple task feels like a behemoth that we can never quite tackle. A…

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July 16, 2016

Whats been happening…

It seems that I am getting further and further behind with the tales of my adventure at Christmas and to top it off I still…

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June 6, 2016

Finally finished a drawing!

It may have taken me far longer than I want to admit, but I think I may have actually finished a drawing! I have a…

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May 22, 2016

Day 8: New Years Eve (Morning)

It was morning in the camping shed in Motueka and I woke up from a great sleep in an actual bed. Things are looking up.…

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May 21, 2016

Another one bites the dust

It has gotten around to that time again when another of the Dunedin backpackers makes their move and heads off into the sunset. The time…

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May 19, 2016

(Craig) Allans beach

Whenever people ask me what I like about Dunedin it always comes back to the fact that there is still so much so see an…

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May 13, 2016

Zorb Football

On Saturday I played one of the hardest sports of my life, Zorb football! It looks like just a bit of fun (and it is) but…

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May 3, 2016

Another work in progress

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May 3, 2016

Sometimes the way back is harder.

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May 1, 2016

Day 7: Sand Dunes

An air bed. Who would have thought that such a simple thing could bring so much pleasure to a grown man. Waking up in a…

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April 18, 2016

Day 6: Aladdins Carpet

I awoke in my tent to the sound of a groan. It was the noise of an old man attempting to rise after a rough…

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April 12, 2016

Day 5: An unexpected awakening

Waking up in a tent on the hard ground made me realise that I am not as manly as I had first thought. It is…

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April 4, 2016

Just your Average Sunday Hike

I am aware that writing about a current even when I still haven’t written about 4 months ago may seem a bit odd but it…

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March 25, 2016

Day 4: Quad Adventure

I awoke from my slumber on the 4th day of our trip to the sound of Merle sneaking her way out of the room at…

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March 16, 2016

Day 3: Rob Roy Glacier

One of the key points of the adventure that Craig and I had arranged was that we hadn’t really arranged much… or anything for that…

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March 15, 2016

Day 2: Xmas in the Sun (Part 2)

As always with my posts now a days I will start with the standard “this is old” but as most of you know if you…

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March 13, 2016

Day 2: Xmas in the Sun (Part 1)

Waking up on Christmas morning away from home for the first time in my life didn’t actually feel as awkward as you might have thought.…

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February 15, 2016

Day 1: Christmas Eve

Yes, I am aware that this is a month late. No, I dont care because whoever wants to read it will read it anyway. Enjoy…

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February 3, 2016

More adventures and lots of posts!

The thing that I keep promising and never quite delivering is to post more articles. It never seems to happen since as soon as I…

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January 11, 2016

New haircut, New life.

It has been a few weeks since I took the plunge and finally cut all my hair off and I’m feeling great. If I am honest…

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