Romany Rambler

[...] , Joan Wiffen from Napier  set out to prove that these ancient reptiles once lived in New Zealand, although most experts doubted that dinosaurs this fact.  In 1975 she discovered the first [...]

[...] of our members of our 60s Up group yesterday.  When the early settlers from England came to New Zealand, they brought English laws with them, including the Protection of Animals Act 1835. Canterbury [...]

[...] about the Palmerston North Caravan Club and their antics.  Back then, most of the caravans in New Zealand were home made, with commercial production still some time in the future. Palmerston North [...]

[...] the leader of the fight to win the right for New Zealand women to be allowed to vote. She and other pioneering women campaigned so effectively that in [...]

[...] Leaving the grapevines behind at Opaki we hit the road again and travelled 53kms to Kahutura School, Featherston,  for the weekend.  Most of us were parked up on the school playground by the [...]

[...] , perhaps he was coming back later to deal with the stumps. Starting to cut There it goes Kahutura School has a long history in the area and the school opened in 1898.  The original school building [...]

[...] told us the next morning. We then moved on to join in with the caravan club rally at Kahutura School and tried the fridge on gas again.  There was no sound of the alarm going on, and the [...]

[...] fish displayed,  but the competition had not yet been completed.  We arrived back at Kahutura School in time for 4zees, to find that everyone else had started before us.  That’s what the [...]

[...] Looks like we are in for a windy old weekend at the Manawatu Caravan Club grounds in Foxton for the long Labour Weekend.  The wind seems to be getting stronger, so [...]

[...] a few corners in sunny Foxton, travelling a grand total of 1km.  We are now set up at the Manawatu Caravan Club grounds, hooked up on power, with an ablution block and laundry at our disposal just a [...]

[...] morning and travelling a short distance up the road and around a corner or three to the Manawatu Caravan Club grounds for the next ten days or so.  Here we will have the luxury of a power site, and ( [...]

[...] Our New Year’s Eve was spent with all the other campers in the hall at Manawatu Caravan Club.  It was a fancy dress affair, no particular theme - anything goes, we were told. There [...]

[...] all sorts of topics, putting the world to rights, as people do. Christmas lunch at the Drop-In Rally We shared our desserts, and what a lovely selection there was - pavlova, trifle and fruit [...]

[...] It’s been fairly quiet here at the NZMCA Drop-In Rally at sunny Foxton.  We arrived on Wednesday to find just a few vans in residence, so there was [...]

[...] Our time at the Drop-In Rally came to an end, and we didn’t have to travel too far to arrive at our next stop.  Just around [...]

[...] just loves pony poo).  So stop sulking and stand up straight – we’re looking forward to a good crop of rhubarb as [...]

[...] the back yard on the two raised garden beds.  First all the weeds were removed.  Then a bag of pony poo was dug in to the soil, and the rhubarb has been split up and replanted.  The next step is to [...]

[...] in two.  But they have forgiven us now, and are enjoying the application of copious amounts of pony poo which was dug into the soil in their home.   New leaves are unfurling, on the top of nice [...]

[...] fruit on the vine Our rhubarb is also doing very well and growing like triffids.  Must be that pony poo we dug into the soil a while ago.  It now looks like this.  So I cut some stalks today,and we [...]

We had quite a busy old day today, with visitors calling this morning.  This meant a flurry of activity earlier doing some baking for the guests, and [...]

Off we went to Palmy (Palmerston North) and back today, starting off reasonably bright and early.  And just to remind us to be very careful while dri [...]

It won’t be such a joyous Christmas this year as sadly Robin’s Mum passed away last night.  Bonnie had just turned 91, and had spent the last cou [...]

We’ve had a nice relaxing time these last nine days at the Manawatu Caravan Club, camping on The Strip, as we now know it’s called, with Peter and [...]

[...] Off we go again – we have an appointment with the Leisureline factory in Hamilton on Monday morning for a warranty check for our new caravan.  So overnighting in [...]

[...] First on the agenda this morning was to deliver our caravan back to the Leisureline factory for a few small things to be corrected under warranty, plus a service.  It is always such a [...]

[...] fridge in the school kitchen to chill the perishables down again. After a phone call to the Leisureline factory about our problem, we were given the names of a couple of authorised gas fitters in the [...]

[...] the next night or two, it was time for Frederick to take his leave.  This was delayed in the parking area where neighbours and fellow vanners Bruce and John were both doing a little maintenance on [...]

[...] and out of photo range. Who’s a pretty pig, then? Climbing up and up we came to a parking area where a couple of other cars were enjoying the view.  We had reached A H Collins Park [...]

[...] weather, and with two new tyres on our 4WD, we just hummed along.  Pulling into the parking area behind the National Army Museum at Waiouru, we stopped for a lunch break.  Muffy wasn’t [...]

[...] Romany Rambler was hooked to the car last night and parked up on the spare section.  We were all ready for a [...]

[...] the caravan and start on our way, stopping off at the Masterton dump station. Gypsy Rover and Romany Rambler at the dump station From here we headed north towards the Manawatu Gorge, where the wind [...]

[...] , we borrowed their motor-home parking space to park Fredrock Cafe in for a couple of hours. Romany Rambler and Fredrock Cafe There was plenty of news from both sides to catch up with, and then we had [...]