I just did the Milford Track on South Island, New Zealand and couldn't bring myself to pack a camera - My Fuji X100 was top of the list - but weight and no waterproofness - so I stuck with my iPhone... best camera is the one you have with you!A

Not much has changed. Bit busier - there's a bus stop and the petrol is now $5.50 a gallon. The 1975 68 cent gallon is about $4 a gallon equivalent in 2025 $s

Who's a good boy?

Such a good boy!

Just the best Sunday breakfast! BUT despite trying for months we can’t find Aleppo pepper in NZ - so if anyone would like to send us some in the post!

ChatGPT seems to only do anonymised faces that don’t portray living public figures!

I do love a good manhole cover. This one’s from Budapest.

Such a fabulous book. My one would have to be a Leon Uris The Haj.

So - I would drive to a big supermarket parking lot before the snow arrives and leave the car there - once it's stopped snowing, practice driving in the snow. Build up your confidence in the lot, then on the roads once you get a feel for things. Do your tyres have this symbol on them?

Fabulous timing from @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social

#NZAF having fun around Auckland today..#Hercules

How interesting - here at 36degrees south, we produced 36kWh yesterday (21/12) and for comparison, 17.5kWh on 21st June - it must have been sunny!

OK - I missed this on Sunday - but #WhiskItWednesday is surely a thing! Pudding all mixed and now in the pressure cooker! 🤞I soaked too much fruit in ridiculously expensive sherry, so now planning on strewing them over Ice-Cream between now and Christmas - #SouthernChristmas #ItsSummer

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,571,055!