We were very pleased to see that Simon completed his marathon in Berlin in 3 hours 37mins - a few minutes faster than the last one. We are also proud that he managed to collect 556 pounds for the MS Society. He and Jax are off to Greek Isles to recover. Certainly Duncan never managed to do this after his marathons! Its great to see the next generation - both Jill and Simon have got into the fitness regime that dominated their family life.
We have had budburst on the vinyard, and the record winter rain has finally dried up in the gusty winds we have had. The district has been troubled by erinose mite, but the ground was too wet to put the early spray on, so the vines will look quite disfigured. We may have to drop crop as it reduces the amount of photosynthetic area.
Tomorrow we head off to Tauranga to get our dome TV aerial fitted. Then back to Ohiwa, and hopefully calling into Taupo to get an awning. Then we will be all ready for summer.
I'm sure two weeks of holiday will fly by.
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