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  • Rafting the Rangitata

    After a great weekend with the Colonel and Yo here in Christchurch (barbie + booze, farmers' market, England vs NZ ODI, curry, hill walking and fush n chups on the beach), time to cool off with a day's whitewater rafting. Rangitata Rafts is a couple of hours drive south, then inland towards the...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 02-27-2008

  • Waipara Valley Speed Shearing

    As far as we knew we were just going away for a weekend of wineries, camping and cheese in the Waipara Valley . Little did we realise that just over the road from the campsite was the Waipara Hotel Speed Shearing Contest. 18 seconds to shear a sheep? Not this one though... [youtube: http://www.youtube...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 12-09-2007

  • Kayaking The Abel Tasman National Park

    Last weekend was up there in the top 10 most amazing things I've done. I've waited 10 years to go to the Abel Tasman and it was well, well worth it . This is up in the north-west corner of NZ's South Island - we flew up to Nelson from Christchurch - only a 40 minute flight in another propeller...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 02-10-2007

  • Easter Wales Trip: Bunkhouse near Coed Y Brenin

    Some more news on the trip from Bob: Had a browse at Torrent Campsite's website and it's true, they have now got a bunkhouse which is great news. Looks like it's £10 per night if you stay for 2 consecutive nights which isn't bad going. We could have one of Sloth's infamous bbqs...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 02-07-2007

  • Easter 07 Wales MTB trip

    Whales unite, Whales we will fight, Whales we will go on eating plankton. Whales we are nice, Whales full of spice But we don't like being wanked on. And so it goes on. Right then, with this Sloth now only weeks away from a return to the UK, nothing better than to get ourselves over to visit the...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 01-24-2007

  • Camping in the Waimakariri

    We went away camping last night just 40 minutes north-west of the city to an area known as Waimakariri. Try pronouncing that one then! After a very very long straight road that seemed to go on forever we arrived in the small town of Oxford , which for some reason or other had won the "most attractive...
    Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 12-17-2006
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