Category: Trips
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Grooms on the move
We are off to the lakes for some mountain biking at Whinlatter, Walking the Grizedale round and possibly pool jumping on the way home in Mungrisdale. This part of the A66 is so barren and wild .
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What a difference 7 years makes
In reviewing the stock of videos I’ve got and moving them over to Vimeo, or publishing them for the first time, I came across this – a record of our first trip to Australia in 2006. Quite a lot of us look a little older, especially Taylor, James & Lucas! I’m of course omitting the…
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Ewan at Milo Cricket in Highett
One thing they’re doing well in this part of Australia is encouraging both boys and girls to take up cricket. This is being done by Cricket Australia with sponsorship from the drinks manufacturer Milo; hence the programme is called Milo in2Cricket. Of course the weather helps, but what is really encouraging is seeing the involvement…
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Ewan goes to school, Maggie makes her way to kinder
Wednesday was a really important day for the Australian Harrisons. Ewan’s first day at school. You’ll have see Pete’s pictures, now here’s a short video clip of the family leaving the back gate and walking the 50m to the school – it’s just one block away. After dropping him off Jenny took Maggie to her…
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A sight for sore eyes …
I think everyone knows that Ewan had a rough start with his left arm being a bit crook (as the Australians say); Jenny and I just marvelled at the progress he has made thanks to the determined and loving care in exercises and encouraging him to do this sort of thing. Just great. Well done…
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Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble
We stayed at “The Cosy Cottage” Thermal Camping Park whilst in Rotorua. Just up the road was Kuirau Park, owned by the Council and thus free to walk around. These video clips were taken on a lovely evening whilst I wandered round the park marvelling in what nature just throws up at you from the…
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Skyline Rotorua
Rotorua is like nowhere else I’ve ever been. At one end of the spectrum it’s a unique quiescent volcanic landscape, always threatening to burst into action with the spectre of Lake Taupo and it’s super-volcano status just down the road, and at the other end it’s a fun, holiday venue. This video records the panorama…
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The geyser that didn’t need soap
We did quite a bit of research on trying to work out which geyser, and which thermal park, to shell out a not inconsiderable sum of money to watch perform. In the end we plumped on Te Puia on the basis that it didn’t require someone seeding the feed to make it perform “regularly at…
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Recent volcanics
On our way from Rotorua to Tongariro (in the heart of LOTR/Hobbit country) we visited Waimangu Volcanic Valley. This is the site of the world’s most recent geothermal (1886) system and a place well worth visiting. They’ve got everything organised so well whilst still retaining it’s natural state. You walk downhill (ideal) and catch a…
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Wellington and a Flying Fox
Not many video clips of our stay in Wellington, but these ones of Ewan and Maggie co-operating in their enjoyment of the flying fox in the play area of the Botanic Gardens is great. They play so well together. A flylng fox, a brother and a sister from David Harrison on Vimeo.