Is that the distorted, yellowing copy you took from here? James had that with him when he went to Spain about twenty five years ago! The trouble with James Clavell is, once you’ve read him other ‘adventure’ writers seem dull and pedestrian.

weather looks crappy for tomorrow, and i am supposed to make a decision about booking this cape ranga tour. nooooooooooooo

i hate godrotting decisions.

yo, liv can you put nielgaimans blog up on the links page?

indeed annika is german, a most personable young wench who i am really rather fond of, so the less inti-german bilge from you the better. 😉 aarg! i used an imoticon! the shame. the horror. pass the katana, i must atone. as you may have guessed i am reading shogun, very good but everyone in it is commiting sepicu(ritual suicide) at the drop of a hat.

i know of one kiwi girl who wares knee length socks, multi coloured striped ones if memory serves. i shall buy some to day. yar the problem of no accomidation or transport is only solved by going on some hellbane of a tour costing an arm and a leg. the odds are that if we hitch hiked we are likely to be stranded up there.

to night i shall get donnie darko out as reportedly it is the best film ever made. and it has a demon rabbit in it, which makes all the difference.

as to mullholand, TOM has seen it. can tom blog? if not, why not?

lala…we may go one a 24 hour cruise with coroline, christian and dipti. decisions, decisions. my brain, it hurts.

julio

Roses is held in york this year, so we shall be playing on the usual courts by the sports centre. I play at 10am on saturday, if anyone is passing by…

We’re starting a new forum for epic tales. Also you may have noticed that the latest 5 posts are listed on the menu after the news.

can’t say as I’ve seem mullholland.

Where is annika from? Germany mayhaps?;-)

Lazed outside most of yesterday afternoon, must sunny and such. Then i got attacked by demons with supersoakers. Off in to town now to buy one! Also some lettuce as I haven’t been eating enough fruit n veg.

Baedeker says:
“From Cape Reinga there are very rewarding trails eastwards to Spirits Bay (about 10 hours) and southward by way of Cape Maria van Dieman to ninety Mile Beach and then inland to Te Paki (about 7 hours).
There is no overnight accomodation at Cape Reinga. Information about walks and and accomodation in the area can be obtained from the information centre in Kaitaia.”

Baedeker also says, under “Dress”:
“New Zealanders prefer light casual clothing; typical dress for a man is shorts and knee-length white stockings.”

I don’t recall how many sets of knee-length white stockings you packed, Jul, but it would probably be a good idea to get some more. You can always pass them on to Geoff, who may not have enough of his own.