Churchill Park

Today we let in the refrigerator man. He had come to refit a door seal. He was a young man who was non too complimentary about the people of NZ. (He spoke as a Kiwi himself.) He is looking to emigrate to Australia.

He arrived early which meant that we could have a morning walk. We wanted to go into Churchill Park. It is just over the hill from where I am sitting. Riddell (pronounced reedall) Road forms 2 and a bit sides of a triangle containing an estate of houses and a large area of farmland to the west of its centre. Churchill Park School is in this area. The house on the west of the area look out over the sea and are very smart.


(Tell dog story some time.)

It was a steep climb up Riddell Road until we came to car park leading to Churchill Park. We wandered through it. It had very much the feel of walking in the crater of an extinct volcano.


Passing the school we returned to the road and quite naturally arrived at our seat overlooking the sea.


Back in the house we discussed plans to visit a large area in NW Auckland with a model village, trains and vintage cars.

Hopefully, I have now fixed the bathroom fitting back on the ceiling with glue and tape stronger than that which should be able to fix rocks back on a crumbling cliff edge. I also hope to have blocked up the bottom of the front door through which slugs make their nocturnal way across the hall and over the childrens' bedrooms. We wait for the results on both these matters.