in search of the kiwi

lime rendered and ready to go Matty posted a photo of the roundhouse with render so I’ve nicked it for my blog.  It looks ...

No, not another holiday trip, though it has been quite a change of scenery.  I have been helping my friend Matty with his roundhouse.  It’...

We dined with my new neighbours, spent a morning browsing an antiques and collectibles fair, had a mini trip to Spain through the Pyrenees...

My brothers arrival was imminent and he was due to help erect a wooden cabin that I had ordered before my departure to England.  I was ill...

moving a house   Two weeks in for me, the rest of the team have spent much longer preparing the foundations and much of the wood that ...

Two weeks in already, time is flying and I’m partly wishing that I could stay here for ages and see this project advance much further than...

And then to Nic’s for a week, more of a catch up visit and to see how he’s getting on with the various projects that he has on the go.  I ...

Perhaps it’s time to change tack a bit here on the blog, focus a bit more on lifestyle than travel as I appear to be settling down for a w...

I have a date. No, a date for signing the initial agreement for my land.  Not a date date, though that would be good too. On the 2...

I know, I know, it’s been over a month since I last wrote and I am starting to get emails from close friends checking that I am OK.  Yes, ...

Having Percy is great, I can just head off for the day and do as I please, without begging or, borrowing a car or trying to work out how ...

November 27th. A day, this year, that I wasn’t particularly looking forward to.  In the past it had been a day of celebration, my Mothers’...

So that’s a ‘no’ for all those plots that have brought me to the conclusions above, which is all but one of them I have visited so far. Th...