Quite sobering watching the 2016 version of “Roots” having visited the US plantation location used for episode one. I saw Evergreen Plantation, Wallace, Louisiana in 2007 when I was in New Orleans as part of a tour. Still privately owned it was rather unusual in retaining real evidence of the
Seems the NZ Skeptics Conference “will be held somewhere in Queenstown on the first weekend of December, 2016”. Might take my mountain bike (or rent one there) to experience some more* of this! NEW ZEALAND. PROVEN HERE. from Yeti Cycles on Vimeo. * I’ve only done some remote metal road
Same route as our 2014 tour
A work colleague is trekking to Mt Everest Base Camp (and beyond) fundraising for the Humane Society of NZ. Support Ramesh at Givealittle: Hi, I'm Ramesh and I'll be trekking/climbing up to Mt Everest Base Camp (and beyond) this March to fundraise for the Humane
Interesting article about the infamous Mont Ventoux* Bert Wagendorp’s novel approach to cycling summit is a Tour de force | Richard Williams | Sport | The Guardian This summer’s Tour de France returns to Mont Ventoux, which is the title of an extraordinary Dutch novel, recently translated into English, about six
Cycling
Headed South for a ride which had been on my to do list for a while. Although not challenging riding — flattest cycle trail in NZ — the Hauraki Rail Trail was a new way to see some interesting country. I skipped the Thames section and rode Te Aroha, Paeroa to Waihi
Tibet and Florida Tibet
Wasn’t until this photo (a random selection from my Flickr images thanks to John) appeared on my desktop this morning that I realised I had a candidate for @jackyan ‘s Font Police. Why ToDay, not Today or today?
The Hillary Trail is a linked series of walks in the beautiful Waitakere Ranges. Have explored most of these places, many are regular ‘Alfie walks’ or road cycles from home. Amazing to think all this just a few kilometres up the road from home, about an hour from Auckland’s
Nice to see Benjamin used one of my photos, the beach highway at Muriwai, in his infographic. Have done most of these except a lap of Waiheke (which I have visited often) by scooter. The chocolate boutique is sometimes visited after Skeptics the Pub which is just down the road!
Back in September we crossed the border over the ‘Friendship Bridge’ from Tibet into Nepal at Kodari. I remember the chaos, friendly smiling faces and warmth (both physical from the humid air and emotional from the people) of this little one street town. It was quite a contrast to the
Comedy
Nice that 100% proceeds go to Nepal via the Oxfam Earthquake Relief Fund. Sent from my Lumia 1520 Windows Phone From: Team at the NZ International Comedy Festival Subject: Comedy for Nepal and shows on this weekend The New Zealand Comedy Trust and Q Theatre are putting on Comedy for
