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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (10) – Te Anau – an unexpected stop

Posted on Saturday July 1, 2017 by

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything on here – mainly owing to not having time from a combination of family and work. As noted in the previous post, we were meant to be driving to Milford Sound and … Continue reading →

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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (6) – Along the West Coast in sunshine

Posted on Saturday August 31, 2013 by

Okarito to Collyer House (Haast) via Fox Glacier (click map / zoom out for full view) Segment six of our trip saw us wake up in our Hutel in Okarito in lovely sunshine (apparently quite a rarity on the “Wet … Continue reading →

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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (3) – Sydney

Posted on Sunday April 14, 2013 by

As promised last time around, next stop on the trip was Sydney. Flight time from Singapore was about 7.5 hours, which wasn’t really enough for a solid night’s sleep between Qantas squeezing another dinner into us and them waking us … Continue reading →

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The Thomases’ grand antipodean adventure (2) – Singapore

Posted on Sunday March 24, 2013 by

Singapore Following on from my previous post, 12 and a half hours of flying later and we landed, about 1 degree north of the equator in the lovely city of Singapore. Changi airport is (for those used to London Heathrow) … Continue reading →

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The Thomases’ Grand Antipodean Adventure (1)

Posted on Sunday March 17, 2013 by

The first of many! At the end of 2012, Mrs T and I set-off for a big trip – three and a half weeks visiting Australia and New Zealand. Our “excuse” for making the trip was that we wished to … Continue reading →

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A tour of some country houses

Posted on Saturday April 21, 2012 by

Last month, my belovèd and I tool a gentle tour of some of England, and called in at some lovely houses along the way. First was a trip to my homeland of Yorkshire to visit my parents, and to take in … Continue reading →

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Scottish Trip

Posted on Saturday March 6, 2010 by

Day One – to Loch Duich Day one, and we set out from York in Wesley (dad’s X-type) for our very long drive to the Scottish Highlands, more specifically Loch Duich, and a very lovely B&B (follow link), deep in … Continue reading →

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Boating!

Posted on Sunday April 26, 2009 by

My friend Helen lives on a houseboat, which is convenient, since like a snail she can take her home with her. The other weekend she decided to use the boat to get to a wedding, and requested some company/help returning … Continue reading →

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