NormanWent to N’s daughter’s house. Huge house with a games room and a hot spa bath in the garden. Her husband took me for a motorbike ride to a deep forest trail while the girls went sightseeing in Wellington. Went through lots of typical NZ houses – wooden bungalows, including one that his father, a … Read more
Long flight to NZ, stopping for a few hours in Sydney Airport. Watched ‘Bewitched’ with Nicole Kidman on the plane, which was good, quite a nice twist. Flying into Wellington you immediately see that twisted, convoluted, almost corrugated New Zealand landscape. Our hosts met us at the airport and drove us in two cars through … Read more
At the end of a couple of days in Singapore. Some Singapore photos Weather very hot and muggy, but you dive from air-conditoned shop to air-conditioned taxi or bus to air-conditioned hotel. Most people have heard of Singapore’s severe laws on litter etc, but that doesn’t prepare you for the beauty and cleanliness of everything … Read more
I’m off this afternoon on the first leg of my trip with Madame and Pestilence, to London then Singapore. As a parting shot, there’s a new song on the ‘Songs’ page – Dorothy’s Book. It’s a draft, still being worked on, but any comments or suggestions welcome. It’s one I’d class as a ‘minor song’ … Read more