Nige and Jen go bush!

To Nige it was just another of Jen's schemes, which he thought would involve him spending the weekend stuck in the forest with a load of weird beardy trampers! Well, there were certainly beardy trampers involved - see picture! - but the Bushcraft Course was great fun and even Nige admitted to enjoying it!!

The course was run by the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, and involves a weekend away in the Tararua Forest Park, sleeping under canvas, and learning essential skills to survive in the New Zealand bush, like crossing rivers, packing the right gear, putting up a fly tent, cooking thai tuna curry over a tiny gas stove and many more...



Cosy together under the fly

Cruising through the Wairarapa!

On Sat 5th March, we went for a day trip to the Wairarapa as there wasn't much going on in Wellington for a change and it was a beautiful sunny day!

We first went to Martinborough Fair, which was a gorgeous collection of stalls selling all kinds of arts and crafts, set around and in Martinborough Square. Jen wanted to buy lots of gorgeous things, but sadly was restrained by Nige :-( It was lovely just to mooch around though, and sample the home-made food and drink!

Afterwards, we went for a cruise around Lake Palliser, so that Jen could have her first try at driving our new car, named The Mighty One after we watched The Motorcycle Diaries! I was cruising along quite happily on a completely deserted road, practising changing gear, and all that hard stuff, when we came round a corner to be confronted with a massive herd of cows in the road!! So at least I got to practise an emergency stop too!!

To round our lovely chillin' day off nicely, we went to Greytown, which is a really cute town full of lovely old wooden buildings, cafe's and antique shops. We went to The White Swan for a drink and a platter and then cruised home, leaving the lovely sunny Wairarapa for rainy Wellington!



Lake Wairarapa (and Jen)

Lake Wairarapa2