Happy New Year y'all

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Hi - Ian here

Song of the day - You Wot by DJ Q feat MC Bonez. Highly inappropriate song to be playing as we were driving round the perimiter of Lake Taupo (should have been something with lots of strings and flute but good to sing along to).

We're in the town of Taupo, on the biggest lake in NZ. A lovely little spot with ducks and geese sharing the shoreline with the swimmers. We've today been in the spa pools just up the road - another excuse just to lie around and be warm.

This entry is being written on the Motel's PC where we're staying - you'll probably get more entries from the others plus photos when we get to Rotorua, so you'll have to make do with this for now.

Reading Update

I have now finished...

- My Bass and Other Animals by Guy Pratt. Occasionally entertaining memoirs of a session bassist who started with Icehouse (who?) but went on to record and play with Pink Floyd, Madonna, Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry, David Coverdale... Felt a little like a name-dropping marathon but some bits were funny.

- Ascent by Jed Mercurio. This was the guy who wrote Bodies (who Ed knows) and this novel is about a Russian fighter that becomes a cosmonaut. Quite a good page-turner which I could see becoming a film.

Finally - thanks again for everyone's comments and messages - it's nice to know you are all still around!

Happy New Year (in 6.5 hours here) to all.

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Comments

[Michael]

Happy New Year
Happy New Year to you all...............xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx May 2009 bring you joy and peace.