You can’t beat a walk on Christmas day. This year we made the most of the fine weather to enjoy the Rimutaka Incline Walk. A two hour stroll along a flat trail – it was the former railway line – complete with a watering and swimming stop for... Although these pictures don’t do it justice, I have a much clearer picture out of my kitchen window these days. In fact, I have a clearer picture full stop. It’s been a while but after struggling to read the instructions on a jar of cooking sauce I... I was waiting for the bassets to finish their sniffing today and noticed this lone tree up on the hill by Tunnel Gully. I’ve been there so many times and never noticed it before. Standing out like a sore thumb, tall and proud. Isn’t wierd how you can... It was hotter and dryer yesterday than it was supposed to be. The bassets had a particularly tiring walk as a result. The first priority when we were back was to rehydrate us all. You can see in this picture that Mason was wasting no time in making himself more... Today it was supposed to rain. Bucket down. Wild winds and raindrops. I had planned my entire to do list around the rain that was forecast for today. Can you believe it was 25 degrees and one of the hottest days of the year. Not a drop of water in sight. And,... 