Cottaging in Cornwall...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 02, 2008
Michel Souris and Friends
Advantage Jim. It would seem the pre-planning paid off and I beat Steve to the punch in delivering the Euro Disney memoirs. Or perhaps he’s just cut me out of his email loop. Either way I’m filled with a sense of subtle pride. I’m not sure what that me
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Conquering the Wild Seas of Surrey
The random adventures continue. I spent Easter on a canal boat with Jimmy, Katie, Boygrove, Kim, Rhys, Graham and Jane. I always considered canal boaters to be the gypsies of the waterways, but I’m a big man, and I’ll admit it when I have erred. It doe...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, March 20, 2008
Temples, Sand and Little Grabby Hands
I guess quite a few of you have already read Steve’s email about the trip to Egypt. Reviewing that email, he has included all of the stories and humorous moments I was proposing to write about [mini-tantrum]. Bewildering. It is tantamount to some form ...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, December 20, 2007
Lessons on Frotting in Amsterdam
After spending November isolated from society, it was time to head out into the world free from the shackles of World Cup disappointment. The success of Sergeant Freeman’s Magical History Tour, meant Garth was keen for another European road trip. He...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, December 07, 2007
Well it’s here. After months, bordering on years, of planning and preparation by the Unofficial Rugby World Cup Organising Committee, the Rugby World Cup 2007 has finally placed its kicking tee and launched a spiralling ball in the direction of the All...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, October 06, 2007
Fairly last minute decision by Garth and myself to undertake a road trip into Europe for the bank holiday weekend. Took the car ferry from Ramsgate in Kent. We could have been taking a ferry to Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island and it would have se...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, August 24, 2007
Five go biking in Hertford. Train up to Hertford, bit of bike riding, bit of beer drinking. Solved the mystery of the abandoned railway track. Enough adventure to fill a children's novel. Huzzah!...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, August 04, 2007
Where do I start with this one? That's more a request for help than a retorical question. It's all a blur of mud, music, and megaphones. Or alternatively - rain, crowds and hilarity. I'm going to struggle to report on this chronologically. I remember a...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, June 21, 2007
I do not take the honour of representing my country lightly. I almost fell off my seat when Michelle emailed me and told me I was selected to represent New Zealand at the Swamp Soccer World Championships in Scotland. The exuberation was somewhat temper...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 16, 2007
Spent the long weekend on a bit of a road trip with Ross and Susan. Drove up to Wrexham on Saturday morning to watch the All Whites take on Wales. The performance of the lads was a bright spot in an otherwise miserable day in a miserable north wale...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, May 26, 2007
10 days in Slovakia, which I thought I was going to be spending alone after Dan, Jenny and Gareth missed the flight. They only missed the check in closing by 15 minutes. Ironically the plane left 45 minutes late. Leaving me stuck between a smelly Slova...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, March 30, 2007
Rather than a sleight on the repetivity of life in NZ, I did actually spend Groundhog Day there (February 1st), although I was a little lucky to make it at all. Checked my flight details the day before I flew out. Turns out I was flying out at 9am, not...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, January 20, 2007
Spent the long weekend over New Years in Prague and Cesky Krumlov (renamed Chesty Bumluv by Vicki) with the usual rabble of misfits and alcoholics, numbering 23 in total. Despite the influx of tourists the Czech Republic is still ridiculously cheap. Av...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, December 29, 2006
No White Christmas this year, even with Hand Shandy Hadlow's best endevours. In fact I have it on good authority it was almost as warm in London at Christmas as it was in Christchurch, NZ. Not that anyone anywhere else in the world really cared what...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, December 23, 2006
In the Top 5 most hilarious days of my life despite a particularly bad hangover. Background on IMD below, otherwise just check out the photos. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE TASCHES VIA THE COMMENT FEATURE ON THIS WEBSITE. The Moustache ...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, October 08, 2006
Thursday til Tuesday camping at Lake Bled in Slovenia with a sporadic troupe of adventure seekers. More adventure than humour to report. Had the pleasure of sharing a tent with Ross, who although it was agreed had reached new levels of ‘hotness’ during...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, September 21, 2006
Day trip up to Cambridge with a group of likely lads and ladies. Mike, Steve, Craig and I engaged in 9 holes of golf. Which, with little hesitation, I won at a canter. Down to the river for beers and a bite, laughing at the fools trying to punt t...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Where do I start. As Craig will attest at work, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to keep my reports short. Top few days in Denmark with Mark, Tubby Nige and Matty K. Roskilde music festival was the target – www.roskilde-festival.dk - one of the...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Geneva. The town that never wakes. 3 days in Geneva and there was hardly a shop open all weekend. Not that we planned on doing any shopping. Checking into the hotel I had booked a room with 5 beds. Based on past form Richie was stoked to be on the t...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, June 03, 2006
Relaxing weekend in Bordeaux visiting Lowri (of Contiki ’04 notoriety). Friday night flight to Bergerac. I believe they bought the airport arrival hall from IKEA. Basic. The use of more than one word to describe the airport would be a gross overuse of ...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 19, 2006
Jet set visit back to NZ for Peters-Elliot wedding. In another foolish Lent-related trial I had given up meat for 40 days. I can definitely put to rest the argument that vegetarian food tastes good (sorry Caroline). It does not. "Quorn" is...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Long weekend in Ireland for St Paddy’s Day got off to a pretty bad start. Craig decided to confirm our hostel booking the day we were leaving and received a reply saying they had no record of our booking and Kelly’s Hostel had closed down in October. I...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, March 16, 2006
A long entry, but fairly humorous. As per, we nearly missed the flight. Craig and Richie went to the wrong gate and were lining up for a flight to Porto. Catching the tube into the city center we bought 8 tickets. Only just made the train, Richie ra...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, January 13, 2006
Special commendation to Richie for organizing this trip for us, and Steveo with helping me remember everything that happened. 20 of us flew into St Etienne, we [last name removed upon request] had a sniffer dog giving him grief and had to head off f...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, December 31, 2005
Moved into 8 Studd St in Angel with Katie B, Katie R, and Caroline. A new era was about to begin... ...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, December 30, 2005
Seemed a lot of activity before New Years. Met up with Liz, Rona, Claire and Ena with a few of the lads in South Kensington. Got completed wasted Christmas Day, but the food was fantastic! Trip to Wales with Craig post christmas. Got down to ...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, December 25, 2005
Done. The final episode of my journey has ground to a halt and like the movie Titanic it's demise has dragged a bit before disappearing into a black abyss of potential atlantic darkness. Seen quite a bit on the east coast - New York, Boston, DC, Ph...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, October 23, 2005
Morning Busy last couple of weeks. Long weekend in Sydney was good. Stayed with mate Grant in north west Sydney. Hardly classified as Sydney though. It was so far out I'm sure I saw an aboriginal on walkabout in the backyard. We went out to a 'local...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, October 14, 2005
Another email, but this time it's more for my own good. I believe that within two years my neuro-connections will be so depleted from excessive alcohol that I will be unable to remember what I have done (or so Paul would advise me). So see this as part...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, September 26, 2005
Hey folks Not many stories to report over the last couple of weeks. It has rained every day since I have left the UK. The irony is so old it has almost started to rust. Perth and Melbourne were all good, although didn't do a whole lot apart fro...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Wicked time in Thailand generally. One night in Bangkok and one night on Koh Samui, neither of which impressed me incredibly. Went on to Koh Pengyan for 5 days which was fantastic! Made some good friends from Liverpool, Ireland and Holland "I ...
Most Recent Entry: Monday, August 29, 2005
The holiday to Iceland was effectively free. Craig won a trip for 4 and for some reason decided the holiday would be better if he took Richie, Liz and I with him. We were all extremely grateful. In retrospect I guarantee he is gutted. Having seen Icela...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, July 15, 2005
What a crazy few days. Flew out to Santander on the north coast of Spain with Hank, Leroy, Big Bird, and Token (Davin the token Aussie). Flew into Santander and hired a car to drive to Pamplona. We were in all sorts of trouble almost immediately, as...
Most Recent Entry: Tuesday, July 05, 2005
I WILL NOT be outdone by these pretenders to my monopoly on group email's! Especially with email's as long as Liz's.... Just got back from a week in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt. Mostly relaxing - snorkelling, boat trips, beach, etc so won't bore you wit...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, May 01, 2005
Richie and I took the Eurostar off to Brussels for a romantic long weekend. Visited both Brussels and Brugge. Both nice cities but f*ck all to do after you've wandered around for a day. First night caught the train into the centre. Went to the local...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, April 08, 2005
Spent the weekend in Gothenburg, Sweden with Jimmy (Frank Le Beau), Richie (Leroy), Grant (Hank), Myself (Cougar) and (almost) Jeremy (Big Bird). Another crazy expedition. Leroy and I up at 4am, round to Canada Water to pick up Hank, Frank, and Bigg...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, March 05, 2005
Hey lads and ladies Well the weekend just past the 102nd New Zealand Airborne Firefighters (Grant, Richie, Jeremy, Jimmy and myself) went on an excursion to Sweden. Hilarity ensued. Incidentally, we have the above story down to a fine art.... ...
Most Recent Entry: Saturday, January 08, 2005
Rich and I decided to take one of the £200 package stories to the Costa Del Sol and live like a chav on holiday for a few days. Unfortunately we turned up at the hotel and it was full of over 50's and families with little kids. Not an 18 year o...
Most Recent Entry: Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Spent 10 days in Spain with scouse Graeme. Madrid, Alicante and Valencia. Was feeling a little the worse for wear having just finished Contiki, but couldn't resist the opportunity to see a country I haven't seen before. I will not talk about the ...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, August 29, 2004
Well back in London now after an awesome 15 days on contiki. It certainly wasn’t a holiday though. Average 4 hours sleep a night and 6 hours travel a day. You soon learn to sleep on the bus. Accommodation was in hotels and cabins in camp grounds. No...
Most Recent Entry: Thursday, August 05, 2004
Canterbury, Rye, Battle, Southampton, Romsey, Isle of Wight, Winchester, Stone Henge, Sailsbury, Stratford-upo-Avon, Oxford, Warwick. That's about all there is to tell really. It happened so long ago I can't be sure if anything funny happened, in fa...
Most Recent Entry: Sunday, July 04, 2004
I'm writing this in December 2005, so I can't remember a hell of a lot. I know Mum was involved somehow, and Moira, and Laura. That's right! Ross and Fidelma get married in Rockforthbridge(shiretownville) somewhere in the middle of Ireland and we we...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, June 04, 2004
Flat - disbanded. Dog - new home (It was like when the little boy is telling Old Yellar to leave). Many a teary eye. Fairwell Party - vomit down the side of Liz's car. Had two weeks in Phoenix with Dave, Sue and Lee. Pool-side sun, golf, and a bev...
Most Recent Entry: Friday, May 14, 2004
