John's Blog
About 30 years ago I was lucky enough to walk into a very special shop, all woodworking tools, and it was closing down. The old Yorkshireman who ran it was retiring, and it was all to be sold. Off to the bank, came back with a wad of cash and I told him to keep...John's Blog
The storm is still on its way south toward New Zealand but the latest information has it downgraded from Cat 5 to Category 4, that’s still nasty, but it looks as though the cooler waters its encountering as it comes out of the tropics is taking some of the sting out...John's Blog
Its just after 9 am Sunday here, and the forecast says that the worst of the storm is due late this evening. Right now its about 600 miles away and we’re getting the first of the wind and cloud. I’ve secured everything, will be putting a tarp over the...John's Blog
We here in the north of New Zealand are for the most part just far enough south of the warm tropical seas to miss the worst of the tropical revolving storms that tear through the western Pacific at this time of year, but global warming and the warming of the oceans...John's Blog
Visitors. Librarian Felice and boatbuilder Ben have just been in here for a couple of days. I’d not met them before, but their niece lives in the house just up the track from my dock and they were wanting to come in and stop in order to have a couple of days...
