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Torches, boots, hills and Wellington

Posted on 13 June, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

For all of today, Wellington was doing a cute thing that it does several times a year. The clouds come in low over the harbour and drift over the city. Living in the hills, it’s possible to either be inside … Continue reading →

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New street shoes from Newtown

Posted on 21 December, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Usually I wait until Christmas Eve before doing the Christmas shopping. I figure there’s little point in prolonging the stress when it can be conveniently and efficiently crunched into a few hours on the day before Christmas. This year, I’ve … Continue reading →

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A dusty evening

Posted on 21 September, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Well last night I went to clean the remaining dirt of my shoes from a couple of weekends ago, and it was challenging to say the least. It probably wouldn’t have been so bad if it hadn’t been necessary to … Continue reading →

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Hooray, I got my shoes back

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Two weeks, three weekends, plus an additional week of drying out time later, my trampey boots finally came back from Christchurch. (This is a 35 minute flight or overnight courier.) They had a note attached from the distributor saying that … Continue reading →

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Problems with Salomon Alp-7 GTX boots

Posted on 25 April, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

So anyway, here’s what happened to my new boots. In summary, be cautious before buying Salomon Alp 7 GTX boots, because in my opinion they aren’t that great. To be fair, my opinion’s probably been influenced by the problems I’ve … Continue reading →

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Walking around the sanctuary

Posted on 4 February, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Yesterday I went for a walk around the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary (again), after the physio actually suggested that I should go for more walks again to get a better idea of how much my knee’s been improving. The weird thing … Continue reading →

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A short walk in new shoes

Posted on 29 January, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Well I’ve decided after yesterday’s walk that I might try to tone down the walking a bit again for a few days. I took my new trampey boots for a walk around the fence-line of the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, being … Continue reading →

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Shiny new boots

Posted on 28 January, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Yesterday I bought some shiny new boots. Someone told me a while ago that New Zealanders don’t have a very good reputation for looking after their trampey gear, so I thought that perhaps I should take a photo of them … Continue reading →

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Stacey’s dad broke my knees

Posted on 24 January, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Uphill Hmmm, first entry. Why do I want a weblog? I don’t know; just to try it out I guess. Please accept it as my own contribution to the useless content of the web. I was actually warned on this … Continue reading →

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