Smith's Journeys

With summer now behind us, we looked for activities to keep us out, about and busy whenever the weather allowed.

It’s been 5 years since the “Smith Boys” got together.So what better time to do this than to Celebrate a Birthday.

(with the Last of the Summer Wine riders)

We decided to treat ourselves to a week off, so we contacted a travel agent and booked a week in Tenerife through Tui Holidays.

With both of us now having the well-earned title of “Retired,” we have started our relatively itinerary free road trip to the South Island. We packed up the caravan on the 25th of February and headed south to catch the Bluebridge Ferry to Picton We disembarked the ferry at about 6.00 pm and travelled 25km … More South Island Road Trip 2021 (#1)

The home we built in Taupo has an old 40 sq meter double garage that was the original garage on the property prior to the section being subdivided for development.

This is a time to value family and friends to remember the fun we all had together over summer before we had to retreat into our individual bubbles.

December is the time to relax and get out into the sunshine and catch up with family and friends.

  With the weather warming up we started to get out and about.

Although there have been only a few really nice days so far this spring, we made the most of them and got out and about with family and friends who visited over the school holidays.

Weather-wise this winter has not been ideal for getting out and about, but we made the most of it.

We have had a number of fun family events over the past couple of months. Here are a few highlights.

We made the most of the fickle weather that arrived in May.

Here is a summary of what we got up to during April. 

We said goodbye to the new neighbours at the Belmont apartment. They had made us feel very welcome in the short time we were there.

This is a snapshot of how we spent the summer holidays this year.

What an amazing year. 

So this is what recovering from a brain injury is like. Looking from the outside it’s sitting in the sun with a coffee, a good book and an amazing vista from the cliff top over to Rangitoto Island.

We were invited by a lovely Dutch couple, who had been following us on our blog, to spend a few days in Utrecth in the Netherlands with them. This time in Utrecth was one of those connections you couldn’t plan.

Paris: What an interesting place. The first thing we noticed after the solitude of the Camino were the people. More precisely tourists, into which category we fitted.