We have had a couple of new arrivals. The first one was the purchase (out of necessity) of a landrover. It was bought to use in the paddocks and the garden - a motorised wheelbarrow! We saw it on Trade Me (NZs version of ebay) and as it was loca lwe were able to see it before we bought it. It was easy to see, in fact impossible to miss as it is yellow! It used to be owned by the AA! It acts like a ray of sunshine on these uncharacteristic grey days. Lisa drove it home at 40mph and caused a backlog on the highway. It was first registered in 1973; it wasn't the oldest one we looked at!
So Snowy and Lisa both have something to play with in the paddocks!
The local area is developing cycle trails. I went to the opening of a new section which included the openiong of a new bridge. The network of trails is good for our business as well as the cyclists who don't want to cycle on roads.
Lots of cyclists of all shapes and sizes, on all types of bikes turned up for the official opening. This section goes to a little village, where a new cafe has opened and is now well used by cyclists.
I have also managed to do something I often wanted to but couldn't. For the first time ever, I cycled to work last week. Lisa was off that day so she came to meet me and we cycled home together. It was a friday so I had a half day. The only down side was that the shower at work didn't heat up so it was a bracing cold shower to start the day. This week I will get the gas bottle changed to get hot water and hopefully, if the weather stays good, I will cycle a couple of days a week during the summer term and the last few weeks of this term.
Spring is on its way!
