Tag Archives: Christchurch

Empty Chairs And Other Thoughts #thoughtpiece #christchurch #NZ

Posted on Dec 10, 2020 by TanGental

It’s gloomy here, today, though no rain, just grey, just a bit meah. No tears from Heaven. Funny word ‘tears’… (n) watery droplet secreted from the eye socket; or (n) rips in the fabric. Both applied to my visit to … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, New Zealand, thought piece | Tagged 2020, Christchurch, Christchurch cathedral, NZ, thought piece | 17 Comments

Channelling Burns, Dickens and Winnie The Pooh #thoughts

Posted on Sep 13, 2018 by TanGental

Sometimes ideas come at one for a variety of directions at the same time, coalescing in something I can’t really explain. And that’s good. It started with this post of Mary Smith’s, about being in Robbie Burns house, in the … Continue reading →

Posted in memories, miscellany, thought piece | Tagged Christchurch, Dickens, Earthquake, empty chair, Robert Burns, Winnie the Pooh | 12 Comments

Kia Ora Koutou Katoa – Back in Blighty

Posted on Dec 18, 2014 by TanGental

The longer address in the heading is, I’m told by my delightful friends in Christchurch, the correct form of address for more than 2 people. I hope I am addressing more than two people. I dream…. I have been asked … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, New Zealand | Tagged 185 empty chairs, 90 mile beach, black water rafting, boy scouts, Christchurch, doubtful sound, Franz Josef Glacier, Hobbiton, lyndhurst, Napier, New Forest, New Zealand, Queenstown, Waitomo caves, weta caves, whitewater rafting | 7 Comments

Kia Ora days 14 and 15: Go West Young Man

Posted on Dec 10, 2014 by TanGental

Leaving Christchurch was a wrench. We never made the Quake museum nor the City Museum. We fly home from there so maybe we’ll have time to fill those gaps. The reason was we had a train to catch. Now, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in miscellany, New Zealand | Tagged Christchurch, Franz Josef Glacier, Greymouth, New Zealand, Trans Alpine railway | 7 Comments

Kia Ora day thirteen – tears for a town.

Posted on Dec 9, 2014 by TanGental

Christchurch. That title could be just as easily tears: (n) watery droplet secreted from the eye socket; or tears: (n) rips in the fabric. We drove down to Christchurch after breakfast in improving weather allowing views of the Pacific and small … Continue reading →