ABOUT US



ABOUT US
We are from Cornwall, England.
We love to travel and to explore places in a campervan. We find
wide open spaces exhilarating
and do lots of walking. Show us an accessible hill or mountain and we want to go up it.
We like watching birds but are not twitchers. To be honest Lawson is more into bird spotting than me but what I find amazing

is the diversity of birdlife, and the fact birds of all sizes continue to live side by side with us humans. So, in the course of our explorations
we may make a detour to the local dump because more often than not it will be one of the best places to see birds.
We are sure New Zealand will not disappoint us when it comes to birds but what about other wildlife and natural wonders?
Will we encounter anything to beat the sight of polar bears on sea ice at the North Pole?
And what will we think of the house at Paraparaumu that Ron and Vivien have built? All will be revealed.......


Sunday, 9 February 2014

Kaikoura people

At the end of the wilderness walk (the afternoon of Thursday 6 February) Nicky MacArthur drove us back to the B&B in which we'd stayed a few nights before in Kaikoura. This time the owner, 80 something Margaret Woodhill, and her daughter -another Nicky- were there to look after us. We'd heard a lot about Mar's energy, and discovered that it's all true: running the guest house, tending her flowers, growing vegetables, keeping chickens, writing her family history, singing in the choir. What an inspiration to us all.
I was interested to discover that Nicky Woodhill runs the Kaikoura choir; just 15 strong at the moment and short of of men.
Our fellow guests in the B&B were another American couple, Dee and Doug Thomas from Henderson, Minnesota where it's still minus 30 degrees.


Nicky MacArthuir of Shearwater Lodge



Nicky and Mar Woodhill


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