Someone knew when to go on holiday!

The burnt timber is cut out and ready for the new iron.

After the recent fire it would have to be this week that the roof would be taken off and repairs done before the new iron was replaced.  Two days cutting out the burnt timber and replacing the rafters before the iron was put on today.

It was getting too close for comfort so we moved.

We had to move the motorhome from alongside the house so that no accidents could happen with the manoeuvring the long sheets of iron.

Wind and rain forecast – hurry up.

The weather forecast was not encouraging but at least it was not as bad as it was supposed to be.  Odd showers when the old iron had to be put back temporarily until the rain stopped and the new sheets could be lifted into place.

Getting there slowly.

The roofers expected to have the new iron on before lunch.  Yeah right. More like 4.45pm before leaving us with no satellite reception for a few days.  Never mind we have an alternative on the roof of Gypsy Rover, but no sky reception, never mind.

Rainbow Trout for Dinner

Yum.  We were lucky enough to be given a freshly caught Rainbow Trout today. This is something we haven't had since before we left for The UK in 2006 when I managed to catch one myself at Matamata. Unfortunately we forgot to photograph it before demolishing it.  Never mind. Another time maybe.

Some Lucky Child’s Christmas Presents.

Members of the Levin Menz Shed have been busy making toys for Christmas.  Yours Truly was very proud of these for a first attempt.

RIP Mum, the last of a generation.

Mum’s 97th Birthday 7th April 2013Today we laid mum’s ashes next to Dad’s

Chocolate Éclairs that are hard to beat

Today we called into a favourite Chocolate Éclair shop in Ohakune as we were passing through.  Thanks for the tip Geoff.

YumMt Ngauruhoe (also known as Mount Doom of the “Lord of the Rings” Trilogy) on a clear day.

Description Unknown!

Any avid gardeners out there know what this is?  Searching all our gardening books and Google we have come up with zilch.  It was in the garden of our property which I transplanted into a pot.  Beautiful it is even though it has no name.

Farewell Simba RIP