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February 22, 2010

Digger-tastic!

A whole weekend of playing with diggers! First the Trimble Sandpit Open Day, and then a mini-hex up at Castle Hill. Big boys toys!

Posted by conor at 3:28 PM

February 18, 2010

8 logs down

Great progress down at Natural Log Homes, with the house up to the 8th log. Still a fair way to go with 2 more log rounds to go on, plus a fair bit of detail to finish off including supporting logs, window cut-outs, flyways, etc.

Posted by conor at 8:20 PM

February 15, 2010

Weekend activities

Ruairi had a trip to Clip N Climb with his friend Cara from kindy (including deciding he wanted to jump the Leap of Faith!), and we had to run to keep up with the kids on their bikes on a "stroll" round Hansen park!

Posted by conor at 8:11 AM

Boys Day Out

A boys day out at the Air Force Museum Open Day with Grandpa Mike. Enjoyable short air display with the Air Force parachute team jumping out of a Hercules, plus 2 Iroquois helicopters and a Harvard.

Posted by conor at 7:20 AM

February 12, 2010

More Wednesday night racing

Lots of fun.  Overcast evening, smaller crew, but all of us found it an unexpectedly enjoyable evening to be out.  Close racing with the crew on Wildwood, and some nice shots of American Pie and Backlash.

Posted by conor at 1:01 PM

February 8, 2010

Ildica at Castle Hill

Posted by conor at 8:32 AM

Bealey River

Fantastic short tramp up the Bealey River, Arthurs Pass National Park, with Shane, Bernadette, Lauren & Ella. Crystal clear water (albeit cold), warm rocks for rock-hopping, hot sun, good company, what more could you want?

Posted by conor at 8:24 AM

February 1, 2010

Brighton Kites

The New Brighton Kite Day couldn't have been luckier with the weather; mostly cloudless, steady sea-breeze (not too cold), and an amazing array of kites on show too.

Posted by conor at 9:50 AM

Day race towards Spencer Park

Summer finally came through on a weekend, with plans for a race from Lyttelton up to a mark off Spencer Park and back. Onboard were the Trevs, Russell, Dennis, Lindsay & myself. Although the wind died away after we got out of the harbour (and thus an agreed abandonment of the intention to sail to Spencer Park), we had some fantastic sailing in and out of the harbour, under a big sky, and with a few Hectors dolphins for company from time to time.

Posted by conor at 9:42 AM