Friday 1 January 2010

The Germ of an Idea


The occasional conversations that take place about potential holiday destinations suddenly took on a sharper focus when Sheila said, "I fancy going to New Zealand". After my initial jaw dropping, Sheila is not usually so specific during these conversations, I started to get excited. New Zealand is a country that has escaped my wanderings and has always seemed to be a place well worth the effort in terms of scenery and lifestyle. Beautiful mountains, lakes and enormous trout get my attention wherever they happen to be. And so with her six word statement Sheila totally convinced me that New Zealand was the place to go. Friends who had visited there had definitely whetted the appetite of Sheila and provided the background stimulus to choosing this destination.

Having decided to head out in that direction the early planning soon revealed that the costs of going to the other side of the world were not too far from the price of acquiring round the world tickets and with that crucial piece of information came the notion that this trip could provide one or two other opportunities as well as achieving the main idea. And so the idea began to assume a life of its own, we would 'do it' before we became too decrepit for such adventures.



5 comments:

  1. will be thrilled to follow your travels and keep in touch from Tenerife - ENJOY xxxxxx

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  2. Michael - Where did you find this wonderful palindromic tribute to our club captain?

    Mary - Nice to see you've adopted the senior female title in the Kiernan branch of the family. I'll bet you're maximising it till you get off to your dacha in the sun. If you're Skyping out there it would be nice to swap images of our respective hot spots as well as natter. Mail me if you have Skype contact details.

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  3. A nice thought of having senior female title but was Nana on this site watching our baby Alexa in her first few weeks and blogspot obviously want me to keep that title as have not been able to change to Mary for this episode!I am sick of trying to put my photo on too! i will stick to keeping in touch.So pleased you are on your way - happy travels.Big hugxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  4. So pleased you are there safely - enjoy every minutexxx

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