February 2010

Winter, I like you, I like your snow, but now it's time to go....

Submitted by Joe on Sun, 2010-02-21 22:01

No photos today, just a thought...  This year's winter here in the UK seems to have gone for far longer than it really should have and we're all desperately wanting it to go away and let Spring do it's magic.   I'm pretty sure that by this time of year, buds are starting to show even a tiny bit on bushes and trees in gardens, but I haven't really seen as much growth as usual.  Today in Nottingham, I got up to find that it had snowed AGAIN and I'd already decided to take a walk into town to go sit in one of my favourite tea rooms (which turned out to be shut, confusingly).

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Photos from New Zealand (July 2007)

Submitted by Joe on Mon, 2010-02-15 18:23

I'm continuing to add more photos, this time the first set from my self-driven tour of New Zealand at the end of July 2007.  I hired a tiny 1.1L Hyundai AtoZ in bright metallic pea green at Auckland and took the next few days to drive south, crossing from the north island at Wellington to Picton in the south island.  There's some beautiful drives and surely everyone knows how wonderful the landscapes are all around there.  Pretty good wines too ;)  I was really lucky with the weather for most of the trip and met at least one very memorable person there.