Blackball Living

I have finally found the time to write the latest blog – a bit later than usual. But we are off to Blackball again tomorrow so I thought I had better write this now. Last Friday, same as recent weekends,…

Friday Al once again headed off in the morning to be onsite for a couple of deliveries. The 1st being the cladding, internal linings and insulation from Mitre 10 and 2nd the temporary fencing through Mainfreight. Once that was done…

This weekend’s mission started on Friday. Al left early Friday am to get to BB to be onsite for the roofers, as they were to starting to install the flashings and had some questions. I would follow after work in…

We decided to head over Saturday morning for a change, which meant we didn’t have the mad rush to get ready after work on a Friday. We left Coalgate earlyish once we had Sammy, Ben and the chooks stocked up…

We headed over to Blue Spur, Hoki on Friday after work. We thought the roads would be busy with Coast to Coast traffic but they weren’t bad at all. I hadn’t realised the pre-race briefing was no longer in Kumara…

Waitangi weekend – Even though it was wet on the coast, even by coast standards, the windows were being delivered on Saturday and we needed to get them in to stay on track. So Friday after I finished work we…

Last weekend we decided to stay home and get some chores done. But this weekend we headed back to the coast to finish some of the fiddly bits that still need to be done. We headed off Friday after I…

Saturday morning I headed over to Blackball after a week back at Safety Nets and also two lots of paying guests. It was lovely weather in Coalgate but it was even hotter in Blackball. When I arrived Al and Neil…

8-10 Jan. We headed over to Blackball Sat am and arrived about 11.45. Neil & Dianne had arrived a little before, they had also headed home for a couple of days. We had expected the concrete slab for the carport…

After a full day at home to get some washing done and mow the lawns we got back to BB on Mon 3 around 11.45am to find Neil & Dianne sitting in their deck chairs in the ‘lounge’ waiting for…