NZ Field trips Nov 2013 - Feb 2014.

[kiwi]

Last few views from Mt Burns.... Aciphylla pinnatifida.

How could you not love this character!!!

[ichristie]

Wow fantastic pictures and yes we love Mr Newall good picture, hope you can arrange another adventure when we visit, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Anthony Darby]

I totally agree. Fabulous pictures. Must venture further afield. My sister in law and her partner have been to stay with us twice, each time for a month, and they've seen more of New Zealand than we have. Mind you, they've been here on holiday.  Reading "Moa" by Quinn Berentson and "Above the Treeline" by Alan F. Mark makes me realise what a diverse country New Zealand is and what you can find when you look.

[David Lyttle]

Wow fantastic pictures and yes we love Mr Newall good picture, hope you can arrange another adventure when we visit, cheers Ian the Christie kind

Adventures are what the S.P.A.T. Consortium specialise in; you should be careful what you wish for.
Pleased to hear you are coming for another visit and look forward to catching up and showing you the Christie inspired crevice garden.

[ichristie]

Hello, well that is something very  special to look forward to and everything else is a bonus, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[Lesley Cox]

Anthony, why don't you come down this way for a few days in November when Ian (of the Christie kind) and Ann are here again? Plenty of beds on offer.

[kiwi]

Ian, you know you can always count on us for an adventure or two.....

Talked my Brother into a walk up Mt Cheeseman, unfortuantly he forgot his boots and had to walk up the mountain in his Jandles. (I mentioned that jandles were the preferred footwear of our famous Mr Newall, so he said he'd give it a shot)

A nice Gentianella corymbifera.

Mountain Grasshopper - Brachaspis nivalis

If you were wondering what happened to Dave Toole, I think I found him taking a nap.....

[jandals]

Nice day for it Doug .

That Toolie ! I've caught him napping too

[Anthony Darby]

Hello, well that is something very  special to look forward to and everything else is a bonus, cheers Ian the Christie kind

I will investigate the possibility Lesley. Thanks for the offer. My current contract runs out in July, so much depends on keeping up with paid work. I have been so lucky with my current school as various teachers (first physics, then chemistry) left for various reasons, the last two on maternity. Alas, the two biology teachers are male. Strangely, although I been working there less than two years, I find myself the second longest serving teacher (of 6) in the science department! The technician (from Greenock) has been there 10 years, when the school opened, and senior physics teacher (from Glasgow) 3 years.

[ichristie]

Hello again some more super pictures be sure you will have no time to take a nap when we are over unless we all over indulge in the amber liquid look forward to the visit, cheers Ian the Christie kind

[jandals]

Aye , by the sound of that we maybe having a nap or two Mr.Christie