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Life is a Series of Chapters; A tribute to Assistance Dogs NZ Ben

A close up of ADNZ Ben looking at camera

Its time for one chapter to close, and another to open. If you have met me over the last 6 or 7 years you will have also met my sidekick, Assistance Dogs NZ Trust (ADNZ) Ben. ADNZ Ben has been with me through many ups and many downs over the years, but the reality is […]

Road Trip Feb 2018 Part 3

It’s taken awhile, editing a slide-show with voice over is a lot harder than editing video, as you see me state in the video I was a bad vlogger and took lots of pics but no video! A full blog that goes alongside this video will be added shortly. Part 4 shouldn’t be too far […]

Part Two of the February trip

We’ve been on a learning curve Part 2 February 2018 Trip   This blog and video has taken a wee bit longer to get out than we anticipated, we’ve got a new laptop and a new video editing program so we’ve been on a bit of a learning curve in how the new program works. […]

Feb 2018 Road Trip Video:Part One

First of the Feb 2018 Road Trip Videos       The first part of the Road Trip videos covers the trip from Palmerston North to the Western side of Lake Taupo can be found here: https://youtu.be/E2osRVFCJSk.

Trying to get back into my “normal” routines

Rejoining the “rat race”   So I was AWOL last week, and for good reason I say.  The place we were staying has little stable mobile reception; that and I needed a proper break away from the hustle and bustle of constant phone calls, emails, blogs etc etc etc.  In all honesty it was a […]

Hello 2018!

Happy New Year! First blog of the year, it’s going to be a bit of a wrap up of 2017 and some thoughts looking towards 2018. I’ll try and keep it brief but there’s a lot I did during 2017!

Trip Album: Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge

Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge: Ruahine Forest Park 14 & 15 December 2017   I’ve been travelling so much lately for the Enabling Good Lives work that I was well overdue for an outdoors trip. Needed some time out but also didn’t want to push myself “too” much, so I headed for Alice Nash Memorial […]