Just a quick update to indicate that after last weekends trip to Waipukurau, I was able to start updating the Cemeteries page, accessed from the main page from this blog. Cemetery details available include; Waikaraka Park Cemetery Taihape Cemetery Mangaweka Cemetery Waipukurau Cemetery St Stephens Anglican Cemetery Bolton Street Cemetery Upper Wairau Cemetery Other cemeteries […]
I have heard many stories of musical instruments, especially other bagpipes getting stolen. There was the story of the great Lewis Turrell’s award winning pipes going missing, which were returned only a few months after his death. The other stories quite often end in the instruments never being recovered. So I thought it was time […]
After trying to do some research on the Camerons, I found it hard to work out exactly where they were, by the working ages of the first and second New Zealand born generations, there were already several farms established amongst the various members of the family. I have created this post to concentrate on just […]
I purchased this on 30th May 2020, it is the committee 20th anniversary bottle. They have used New Zealand Pinot Noir wine casks to mature the whisky which seems to be the main point made on the bottle. Again there is no age statement on this bottle, but that is typical of these releases, usually […]
Day 64 – 28th May 2020 It has been a while since my last post, but it is not to say that nothing happened. To tell you the truth this will probably be the last Covid-19 update as things are relatively back to normal. Tomorrow gatherings can have upto 100 people. Although we are still […]
Day 33 – 27th April 2020 Another week has passed and still not much to report. Today is the last day of level 4 lockdown and tomorrow we go into level 3. This does not mean much to me, I will still be working from home until further notice. I was able to make a […]
Day 25 – 19th April 2020 Another weekend in lockdown nearly done. This time starting for a full 5 day work week. It looks like there is a lot of discussion about moving out of level 4 this week, however I think this is not quite a good idea, it may be a bit too […]
Day 21 – 15th April 2020 It has been over a week since I put a COVID-19 entry. A bit has happened over the last few days to be able to add an entry. For one Easter came and went without much happening. 4 days off without much to do went pretty quickly. I was […]
Here is a quick video that I made for a fellow piper who was wondering how I was coming along with the new tune I was learning. Well here ’tis.
It is with great sadness that I have to post this, my carving tutor for many years has passed away in the early hours of this morning. He was a stalwart in the wood carving industry for many years and it is a sad day for many. I see a lot of tributes for him […]
