Thursday, November 13, 2008
New Zealand
We are off to New Zealand today for a little while. Everyone I have have spoken to about this mentions "fush and chups" or waxes lyrically about the Lord of the Rings. No! Whilst I respect their viewpoints entirely, there is but one thing to see in new Zealand, and that is the mighty Toothbrush Fence:
ie a string of over fifty toothbrushes tied to a wire fence in Te Pahu, New Zealand by local nutter Laird McGillicuddy Graeme Cairns (although if my eyes don't deceive me, Mr Cairns appears to be taking a few liberties with some of his "toothbrushes").
Unfortunately Te Pahu is in the North Island and we will be restricted to the South, so I have no idea how we will spend our time.
UPDATE. We ended up splitting our time between the Mt Cook region and Dunedin and had a fantastic time. I should point out that while we missed out on the toothbrush fence, we did speak to a guy in Geraldine who had reconstructed the Bayeux Tapestry out of broken knitting machine parts. AND added his own ending to boot. What a genius! Take note, toothbrush fence loser.
ie a string of over fifty toothbrushes tied to a wire fence in Te Pahu, New Zealand by local nutter Laird McGillicuddy Graeme Cairns (although if my eyes don't deceive me, Mr Cairns appears to be taking a few liberties with some of his "toothbrushes").Unfortunately Te Pahu is in the North Island and we will be restricted to the South, so I have no idea how we will spend our time.
UPDATE. We ended up splitting our time between the Mt Cook region and Dunedin and had a fantastic time. I should point out that while we missed out on the toothbrush fence, we did speak to a guy in Geraldine who had reconstructed the Bayeux Tapestry out of broken knitting machine parts. AND added his own ending to boot. What a genius! Take note, toothbrush fence loser.
Road Bike
I got a new road bike a couple of months ago. What to say; they go very fast and are rather unstable. Also if you forget to take your feet out of the cleats when you stop, you fall over.
