...after a terrible hiatus, a black hole that meant we were unable to access the web, let alone contribute to it. This techno-void was not a result of the large hydrogen collider suddenly creating holes into different dimensions through which our computer lept, but more the result of some bastard who smashed our front door down and nicked our blinking laptop (amongst anything else of value that they could flog down the local boozer). Anyway, you get philosophical about material items and we have moved on.
On a more positive note; I will tell of a weekend away in the woods:
It was pitched as a 30k walk over three days on maintained tracks, staying in huts and getting back to nature. It turned out to be an extraordinarily grueling tramp that saw us navigate swollen streams, pull ourselves up steep hillsides by tree roots, plod through ankle high mud for hours and not come across any flat land till we reached the end of the route. It snowed, was bloody cold at night, was painful with blisters on feet not used to spending all days in walking boots, was beautiful, was very peaceful, was a real challenge and something I'd do again at the drop of a hat. Lisa turned out to be in her element while the rest of the guys moaned and groaned our way through the bush (no puns intended, it wasn't that kind of weekend).
I'll upload some more pics to the Flickr site
