Lalita’s Travels Prologue

Lalita’s Travels Prologue

by | Apr 15, 2023 | Lalita

PROLOGUE – December 2020 Buying Lalita I’d been talking about a van for a long time, peering around and inside the many parked along the Raglan foreshore, I’d even enquired about and inspected several old beasts for sale. What I wanted was clear – long wheel base,...
Lalita’s Travels Chapter One

Lalita’s Travels Chapter One

by | Apr 14, 2023 | Lalita

CLIMBING PIRONGIA WITH ARIA AND SCARLETT Late January I set out with two of my grandchildren – Aria and Scarlett, aged eight and seven – on a ten day camper van trip. We had been away for a couple of nights earlier just to see how it was, the three of us, sharing this...
Lalita’s Travels Chapter Two

Lalita’s Travels Chapter Two

by | Apr 13, 2023 | Lalita

TE ARAROA AND THE TIMBER TRAIL WITH BRIAN – OCTOBER 2022 It’s time to take Lalita on another adventure, because spring is here. The day of our departure is grey and damp. We’ve had lots of grey damp days here in Raglan, but the forecast predicts sun for tomorrow. We...
Lalita’s Travels Chapter Three

Lalita’s Travels Chapter Three

by | Apr 12, 2023 | Lalita

LALITA AT ORERE POINT – NOVEMBER 2022 I had been promised another adventure, an escape from my boring retirement where all I do is watch cars arrive and leave in the driveway of 24 Lily Street, Raglan. Some days, not regularly though, the woman from downstairs leaves...
Lalita’s Travels Chapter Four

Lalita’s Travels Chapter Four

by | Apr 11, 2023 | Lalita

KAUERANGA VALLEY CAMPING – JANUARY 2023 We arrive on the 28th of December, and this time She drives me all the way down to the campsite. The first time I came here two years ago, she left me at Hajrama’s daughter’s place and she didn’t understand the problem with my...