John's Blog
A really nice place to relax. Like most of us I spend a few minutes browsing the net after checking my emails each evening, looking for something entertaining and relaxing to end the day so I can leave the work part of my life with its annoyances and aggravations...John's Blog
Gone Walkabout. A couple of years ago I had an email from one Osbert Lancaster who lived on the shores of the Forth of Firth in the South East of Scotland. For many of us here in New Zealand that’s a place of ancestral connection, there are an awful lot of us with...John's Blog
It was a nice looking day, slightly cloudy and very calm. Our family does not get together as often as we’d like, two of us work shifts at the hospital, one is a fulltime student who will gain her nursing qualification in about another year, she’s a mother...John's Blog
Making holes in things. I use my two cordless drills a lot when boatbuilding, one for pilot holes and the other as a powered screwdriver. I have a friend who was an electrical engineer in the Merchant Navy and he tells me that if these had been around he’d still be...John's Blog
Out in the shed,I’m not doing well today, dog tired in spite of a sleep in, off to the Doc today for my monthly visit so I’m taking it quietly and am sitting here annoying you instead of working.Its been a long time since I built a boat, I’ve got started on...John's Blog
Back to school. Photos by Justine Leigh. A couple of years back I had the great privilege of teaching part time at Massey University, Auckland New Zealand. At first I was just there for the occasional presentation on a given subject, then I got a 6 week paper to...
