Thursday 19 April 2012

Going North (Just for the weekend).

The family are coming for dinner this evening.  Tomorrow first thing I'm off to Mahia with the croquet girls with whom I go to tournaments.  One of our number has a bach there and we're off for what looks like becoming an annual event.  Last year we had a great time but the weather was indifferent to say the least.  I've just watched the 7pm forecast and full sun is promised over the weekend and beyond.  That would be a real bonus.

The downside is that there is no internet and no cellphone coverage so I shall be incommunicado until Monday night.  Hopefully, though, I'll have lots of photos to show for what should be a great weekend.

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  1. Thank you - I learnt a new word! Bach! And I am sure you'll have a great time.

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    1. I hope so Meike. We get on very well so I think we will. I'll miss Blogland though.

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  2. Hello Graham:
    This all sounds to be most interesting and with a promising weather forecast you should, we hope, have a most enjoyable weekend.

    When we lived permanently in England we had a croquet lawn but never played seriously. We still have the mallets, hoops and balls in our apartment here!!

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    1. Thank you both. I'm sure I will. I've been playing croquet since the second time I came to New Zealand in 2006. I play seriously - both codes! The only other sport I enjoyed (I became a coach) was fencing.

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  3. Must be our Welsh heritage; I automatically think 'bark' when I see that word even though I know you've explained before that its more like 'batch'.

    Enjoy yourself and don't be too serious about it.

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  4. Have a super time! what is a bach by the way?

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    1. Hi Jenny and thanks. A bach is a country cottage. Originally they were really primitive and some still are. This one has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a living area almost as big as my Cottage's whole floor area. Primitive it is not! But they are still referred to as baches. You have highlighted a slight problem with my blog template. If you click on bach in the post you will see the Wikipedia article. I need to alter the colour though because it does not stand out sufficiently.

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  5. Before I read the other comments I googled bach. And I ended at Wikipedia, but at least I knew to what you referred and how to pronounce it. I almost always learn something new when I read your posts and your brother's. Color me happy!

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