Competitions

On the 7th was the Queenstown boulder comp. I went along half to compete half to socialise. ian and amelie came alomg too and Amalie and I had our photo in the local paper


On the 14th was the Motutapu marathon. I had a really sore hip for a week before but since I had put months into it I decided to try anyway. we ran from motutapu station near glendhu bay out of wanaka over the hills to Arrowtown. It hurt really bad but I made it in less than 5 hours so did OK considering.


we had alot of river crossings in the last 2 km...I don't understand why I don't look in Pain!


Aaron had riden his bike up the river to meet me so I managed to run the last bit with his encouragement

Zoo Visit

We went to the Zoo with Vinnie and family saw hippos, elephants, chickens, tigers, girraffes and lots of cool trees.

Vinnie checking out the tigers

The family


Aunty Sally having a wee carry of her darling near the lions

Family Gathering

John, Steph and vinnie Were over from the UK so I went up to Auckland to see the Family.
It was great to see them all we had a big Family dinner and the 'Kids" went out after.

Richard and john enjoying a little brotherly love after a lot of wine

I got to feed, bath, read to little Vinnie the cutest kid on Earth. It was awesome getting to know him now his personality is coming out.

Dad's boys Vinnie and Jake keeping an eye on the action in the garden

The farm animals Belinda gave him were a big hit. he likes the pig alot

Vinnie could point to all the peple if you say their name...pretty cool!

Judas Goats, Remarkables

Aaron and I went climbing in the Remarkables.
this is a cool route called Judas Goats. There is a really scary traverse pitch but the rest is pretty straight forward.


Me leading
I got a sudden tummy bug past the point of no return and had several hours vomiting up there, but Aaron took care of me and guided me down.

Dry retching

Dunedin and the Davies

I popped over to Dunedin for work and spent time with my old( since birth) friend Susan and her lovely family.


Eric, Megan and Mattie