Happy Hallowe'en

Countdown: Dandelion Clock

Two weeks to go...

Maple Leaves IV

Waiting for Metallica

The path of least resistance

The View from the Top

Green Shed, Red Shed

Dacre Cottage

Cushion Star

Worms

Warning

No Wake Zone

Weiti River 3

Weiti River 2

Weiti River 1

Sunshine Tractor

Strutting Gull...

...and swimming gulls...

Kawau Bay

A glimpse of New Zealand to wish Ian a very happy birthday...click to get the full effect.

Sandscape in Sandspit

A scene in Sandspit car park to rival the alternative nativity outside Clitheroe Castle.

Sandspit

Spring Sky

Britomart at Twilight

Looking Back

This video is a break from the usual kiwi focus of this blog. I'm posting it because it reminds me of Sunday afternoons in north London.

It also reminds me of the horrors of cross country running but that's not such a happy memory!



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In The News 4

This huge blue gantry was used to build the new Newmarket Viaduct - a road reconstruction project that - remarkably - opened early.

In The News 3

Here's the new extension to Mount Eden Prison, overshadowing Auckland Grammar School, the Spanish Mission-style building on the hill.

In The News 2

This is Britomart Station in downtown Auckland. The architecture - but not the service - reminds me of the Jubilee Line extension. Unfortunately the trains only go to a few corners of the city and not very frequently.


The new Auckland supercity will get its first supermayor in just a few weeks' time. Some of the more forward-thinking candidates have made public transport a key issue.

In The News 1

Shed 10 on Queen's Wharf in downtown Auckland is destined to become a cruise ship terminal in time for the RWC.

Or is it? Who knows?

White Rabbits!