Where do you start with G-Dog? (H: Here!) He arrived full of Californian cheer and Scottish chat. Oh how we had been missing both. His timing was impeccable. We had just found the perfect house to buy - small, wooden, draughty and on an impossibly steep bit of land. Stressing our way through the mortgage process et al, G-Dog cooked us wonderful meals every night, baked cakes, popped wine bottles and generally looked after us. He's pictured here helping Nick paint and build his fence. (The man can only do good!)
When he left to work in Queenstown we were gutted. We were, I selfishly confess, secretly pleased to learn that his job then fell through. We told him to come and stay with us. Having just moved into our new home there was a multitude of tasks needing looked at. For instance, our diet had retreated back to pasta dishes, beans and porridge.
Within a week of his arrival we'd had homemade burgers, perfect pancakes and guacamole dips.
G has transformed our life here in our new home. Actually making it feel like a home. We are already mourning the beginning of next month when he will depart for California once again. The Littlest Hobo. Groundskeeper Willie. We salute you!(H: This is not G windsurfing! But is a good metaphor for how happy we were to see him back!)
On Waitangi Day G and I took ourselves up towards the Wairarapa, turning off the main road just before Masterton (Norfolk Road) and heading to the mountains.We made our way up to Mount Holdsworth, following Gentle Annie Track (which was gentle) through a section of close-knit beech trees.
And then into an altogether more Entish forest.
The going was steep for less than an hour after that.
And in 3 hours we were at the top. 1470m
One thing G has made perfectly clear to Helen - I am not the noisiest person in the world! (H: true, but being the second noisiest person in the world isn't that great a title either).Although G has had it with New Zealand (Helen: but not with us!), I do hope we see him again in the not too distant future.
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We are going to miss 'the other guy' too. Kicking off his first visit to our place with a large portion of work (painting / fence building / kid ammusing) he has earned every beer. Actually he has earned more than the beers supplied something that I will strive to sort over the course of my days. G's charm is not limited by the amount of sweat he leaves behind in the form of jobs done, he has a razor wit to keep Jamie (and H) in check, he is great with kids, he likes cowboy movies and that crazy smile.....are you listening ladies?
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