I'm back!

As with my work blog, not knowing whether anyone was reading has made it difficult to keep the commitment to the blog up.

Anyway, last weekend was just as active as the previous one. Tony took me to another rugby game but this time we went on a bus from the local pub. It seemed the youngsters drank as much as they could beforehand so they wouldn't have to pay inflated prices at the game. The bus was packed as there were quite a number of families as well and there's a special family area at the ground.

It was a pretty awful game and the Highlanders lost 22:13. We went back to the pub for more beer and food and a good dose of the local culture and politics. Very entertaining. And then back to the hotel to watch more rugby on the tele.

On Sunday Rachel, from HEDC, took me out to the family crib (also called a bach) with her two childern - Liam and Abbi - and a friend from the UK on her gap year.

The crib was at Shag point - yes there are plenty of shags, as well as seals and penguins, though we were too early in the day for the latter.

Let's hear it for the seal pup - aaaahh!

The beach also had these fascinating rocks and lots of rock pools..