It has been far too long since I actually managed to get out of ChCh for the weekend.. so when my friend Fergus invited me to Lake Coleridge (an hours drive from ChCh) I decided to head along for the trip.

It’s a beautiful lake surrounded by hills and mountains – glacial fed I imagine with colour like it has? They also have a hydro plant there.. I wonder how often the horses get fried?

On the way back the following day we stopped off in Horarata for a pie (so good) and tried out their mini golf. It was probably the funniest mini golf course I have ever been on – seeing as it was really just a grassy field. Still, at $2 a pop it didn’t exactly break the bank!

It would take an average man performing physical labour for 25,000 hours to produce the amount of energy contained in one barrel of oil. If that barrel happens to be produced in Iraq it can be drilled for as little as $1, less than the cost of a bottle of water.

Go away nasty Peak Oil!

Honestly… I am trying… I’m sure it’s just being fair that makes it look so weedy

Hottdamn.. I’m not growing a moustache half as fast as I wish I was! It’s quite unmanly at the moment!

For some exciting outdoors stories I suggest you check out Penny, Kate and Aroha’s blog. Not much there at the moment – but they’re off cycling around Patagonia I think it is so it should be pretty interesting.

Other than that – very lazy weekend, got out for a quick spin around bottle lake and decided that I need to get a pair of cycling shorts. I’ve put on quite a bit of padding this year, but obviously not in the right places :)

OK.. so I decided this year (don’t think I’ll ever do it again) to grow-a-mo for Movember. Basically it’s a charity organisation to raise funds for prostate cancer. Seeing as it’s reasonably likely that’s what I’ll go from I thought it might be a good idea to support.

If you feel like supporting me in this endeavor.. you can click on www.movember.com/nz/donate and, if you need it (though I think the link should work automagically) my number is 108852. You can pay online with credit card.

I will periodically post pictures.. just to really upset everyone. This is the first facial hair I’ll have ever grown. Unfortunately it has to be a mustache as a beard would be much more acceptable!