Posted by in Opinion Ramblings Well we are now safely back in the still (dis) United Kingdom after almost four weeks in New Zealand a land of great beauty and one that prides itself on the protection of the environment and conservation. What struck me when talking to people in New Zealand about conservation is just how many there as…Read more »
Posted by in Opinion Ramblings When the Ipplepen “old gimmers” finally relent and leave the haven that is the Wellington Inn having exhausted their reminiscences of yesteryear until their next visit (probably tomorrow when they will repeat them) they face a problem – namely – what to do for the rest of the day. They could choose to go home…Read more »
Posted by in Opinion Ramblings After a fantastic four week trip to visit family including our two year old grandson in New Zealand we are now home in the United Kingdom. When we left the news was dominated by the whole issue of what is going to happen after 2300 hours on the 29 March this year. For those readers…Read more »
Posted by in Opinion Ramblings Coromandel – Keep Fighting The holiday home our daughter-in-law booked for us all to stay in just outside Kuaotunu Waikato on the Coromandel Peninsular is absolutely great and the views across a landscape of forests is equally as brilliant. Right – that’s the “lets admire the New Zealand countryside” out of the way for this…Read more »
Posted by in Opinion Ramblings Well we arrived after 32 hours of travelling which was 25 on an aircraft (how does anyone sleep on a plane?) and the rest in airports en-route to Auckland. You will be pleased to know that I’m not going to describe the journey or my absolute horror of long haul flights and the sense of…Read more »
Posted by in Opinion Ramblings Snow in Ipplepen A statement of facts that In England we love snow. Well what I mean by that is we love snow providing it remains picturesque and preferably on a Christmas card with perhaps a plump red-breasted robin as its centre piece. Ipplepen before 2018 had experienced five consecutive winters without snow which all…Read more »
Posted by in Opinion Ramblings It is now mid-January a time when the good – and I suppose the not so good – people of Ipplepen are busy dealing with the business of winter. Not the least being finding novel and not so novel ways of jump starting obstinate vehicles whose batteries have suffered the paralysis of the freezing weather.…Read more »
